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bind verb (bound, binding) 1 to tie or fasten tightly. 2 (often bind something up) to tie or pass strips of cloth or bandage, etc around it. 3 to control or prevent someone or something from moving; to restrain them or it. See also bound¹. 4 to make someone promise to do something. 5 to require or oblige someone to do something • He is legally bound to reply. 6 to fasten together and put a cover on (the separate pages of a book). 7 to put a strip of cloth on the edge of something to strengthen it. 8 to cause (dry ingredients) to stick together. 9 intrans to stick together; to become bound. 10 intrans (especially bind on about something) slang to complain about it. noun, colloq 1 a difficult, tedious or annoying situation. 2 a restriction; something that limits or hampers one.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon bindan.