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(1):

(v. t.) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; - sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.

(2):

(n.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.

(3):

(n.) Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.

(4):

(n.) That which binds or ties.

(5):

(v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence.

(6):

(v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

(7):

(v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.

(8):

(v. i.) To tie; to confine by any ligature.

(9):

(n.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

(10):

(v. t.) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

(11):

(v. t.) To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

(12):

(v. t.) To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

(13):

(v. t.) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.

(14):

(v. t.) To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.

(15):

(v. t.) To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; - sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.

(16):

(v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.

(17):

(v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

(18):

(v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bind'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/bind.html. 1828.
 
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