From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bind
n 1: something that hinders as if with bonds
v 1: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
[syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick,
stick to]
2: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond]
3: make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The
Chinese would bind the feet of their women" [ant: unbind]
4: wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn:
bind, bandage]
5: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners";
"tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling
shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss]
6: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a
contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: oblige,
bind, hold, obligate]
7: provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
8: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied
their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant:
unbrace, unlace, untie]
9: form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
10: cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate
you" [syn: constipate, bind]