1. [n]  something that hinders as if with bonds
2. [v]  cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
3. [v]  form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
4. [v]  bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
5. [v]  To fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
6. [v]  secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"
7. [v]  make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
8. [v]  wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
9. [v]  provide with a binding, as of books
10. [v]  stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
11. [v]  create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

1. \Bind\, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly
   {Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [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.
   [root]90.]
   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.
   

2. \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.
   

3. \Bind\, n.
   1. That which binds or ties.
   2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a
      bine.
   3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of
      iron. --Kirwan.
   4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
   

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