1. • noun - something that hinders as if with bonds
   • verb - stick to firmly
   • verb - create social or emotional ties
   • verb - make fast
   • verb - wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
   • verb - secure with or as if with ropes
   • verb - bind by an obligation
   • verb - provide with a binding
   • verb - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
   • verb - form a chemical bond with
   • verb - cause to be constipated
2. • To tie or secure, as with a rope or cord.
   • To fasten or wrap by encircling, as with a belt or ribbon.
   • To bandage: bound up their wounds.
   • To hold or restrain with or as if with bonds.
   • To compel, obligate, or unite: bound by a deep sense of duty; bound by a common interest in sports.
   • To place under legal obligation by contract or oath.
   • To make certain or irrevocable: bind the deal with a down payment.
   • To apprentice or indenture: was bound out as a servant.
   • To cause to cohere or stick together in a mass: Bind the dry ingredients with milk and eggs.
   • To enclose and fasten (a book or other printed material) between covers.
   • To furnish with an edge or border for protection, reinforcement, or ornamentation.
   • To constipate.
   • To form a chemical bond with.
   • To tie up or fasten something.
   • To stick or become stuck: applied a lubricant to keep the moving parts from binding.
   • To be uncomfortably tight or restricting, as clothes.
   • To become compact or solid; cohere.
   • To be compelling or unifying: the ties that bind.
   • To form a chemical bond.
   • The act of binding.
   • The state of being bound.
   • Something that binds.
   • A place where something binds: a bind halfway up the seam of the skirt.
   • A difficult, restrictive, or unresolvable situation: found themselves in a bind when their car broke down.
   • A tie, slur, or brace.
3. • adj - to tie or secure [v BOUND, BINDING, BINDS] : BINDABLE

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