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Open English Wordnet Nouns (n) bind something that hinders as if with bonds
Verbs (v) bind , tie , attach , bond create social or emotional ties “The grandparents want to bond with the child”
(v) bind make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope “The Chinese would bind the feet of their women”
(v) bind , bandage wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
(v) tie down , tie up , bind , truss secure with or as if with ropes “tie down the prisoners” ,
“tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed”
(v) oblige , bind , hold , obligate bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted “He's held by a contract” ,
“I'll hold you by your promise”
(v) bind provide with a binding “bind the books in leather”
(v) tie , bind fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord “They tied their victim to the chair”
(v) bind form a chemical bond with “The hydrogen binds the oxygen”
(v) constipate , bind cause to be constipated “These foods tend to constipate you”