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BINDING
binding
(adjective) executed with proper legal authority; “a binding contract”
dressing, bandaging, binding
(noun) the act of applying a bandage
binding, book binding, cover, back
(noun) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; “the book had a leather binding”
binding
(noun) strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
binding
(noun) the capacity to attract and hold something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
binding (comparative more binding, superlative most binding)
(of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
(of food) Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
Synonyms
• (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured): bounden, obligatory
Antonyms
• (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured): non-binding
Hyponyms
• data-binding
Noun
binding (plural bindings)
An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
(sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
(programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
(programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
(chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
Verb
binding
present participle of bind
Source: Wiktionary
Bind"ing, a.
Definition: That binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.
– Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.
Syn.
– Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.
Bind"ing, n.
1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.
3. pl. (Naut.)
Definition: The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.
BIND
Bind, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] Etym: [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. (for ) cable, and L. offendix. sq. root90.]
1. 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.
2. 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. He bindeth the floods from overflowing. Job xxviii. 11. Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. Luke xiii. 16.
3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
4. 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.
5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
8. 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. Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. Milton.
9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service. To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
– To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
– To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.
Syn.
– To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
Bind, v. i.
1. To tie; to confine by any ligature. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.
2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. Mortimer.
3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. Locke.
Bind, n.
1. That which binds or ties.
2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
3. (Metal.)
Definition: Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan.
4. (Mus.)
Definition: A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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