bindn.
/bʌɪnd/, U.S. /baɪnd/ 1.
a. Anything used to bind or tie; a band or tie. in Our Lady's binds (see Our Lady n. Phrases; cf. bend n.1 1d, band n.1 1c).
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a1000 Cod. Dip. (Kemble) VI. 133 (Bosw.) Hio an Ceoldryþe hyre betstan bindan.
c1400 in W. G. Henderson Manuale & Processionale Ecclesiæ Eboracensis (1875) App. 221 Wymmen þat bethe in oure lady byndes.
b. A connecting timber in a ship.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > connecting timber
binding1626
bind1803
hog piece1844
deck-hook1850
hog1948
1803 Hull Advert. 9 Apr. 2/1 The ship..had new binds and new top sides.
1833 T. Richardson Mercantile Marine Archit. 6 The best place for the upper bind is about ¾ of the midship height.
c. Music. ‘A curved line (also called tie) placed between two notes of the same degree, to denote the continuance of the sound, during the value of both, instead of the repercussion of the second note.’ Grove Dict. Music 1880. Also applied by some to the brace n.1 or accolade n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > written or printed music > notation > [noun] > slur or tie
ligature1597
tie1656
binding-note1782
slur1786
bind1880
phrasing slur1898
1880 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 242/2 The employment of the bind is a necessity whenever a sound is required to be of a duration which cannot be expressed by any single note.
2. A twining or climbing stem of a plant; a flexible shoot.
a. esp. The climbing stem of the hop-plant.
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the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [noun] > twining or trailing
bindc1400
vine1563
twine1579
tangle-twine1878
the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > hop-plant > parts of
hopc1440
gut1573
bell1594
hop-boll1652
hop-vine1707
bine1727
hop-bind1733
bind1792
hop-bine1813
lupulin1823
bur1832
rough bine1846
pin1885
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 444 God..ded growe of þat soyle Þe fayrest bynde..þat euer burne wyste.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 36 Bynde, a twyste of a vyne.
1792 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 343 Hop Stalks or Binds.
1815 Encycl. Brit. III. 618 Bind, a country word for a stalk of hops.
b. Used to name varieties of the hop, as grey-bind, red-bind. Now bine n.white bind: see the first element.
3. Hence, used as the name of certain climbing plants that wind round the stems of other plants or trees.† a. Honeysuckle or woodbine n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > climbing, trailing, or creeping shrubs > [noun] > honeysuckle or woodbine
honeysuckOE
goat leafa1275
woodbinea1300
honeysucklea1400
suckle-bloom14..
bindc1440
goat's leaf1526
caprifoil1578
suckling1653
trumpet honeysuckle1731
white honeysuckle1731
dwarf honeysuckle1812
suckle1816
twinflower1836
fly-honeysuckle1861
linnaea1862
lonicera1863
swamp honeysuckle1958
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 36 Bynde or Wode bynde, corrigiola, vitella.
b. = bindweed n. (Convolvulus and Polygonum).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > bindweed or convolvulus
woodbinec875
withwindc1000
bearbinda1325
bindweed1548
buckwheat1548
foalfoot1548
sea-cole1548
convolvulus1551
weedbind1551
soldanel1562
withweed1567
bindcorn1574
running buck1574
bind1575
ivy-bindweed1578
weedwind1578
windweed1578
withywind1578
nil1597
sea-bell1597
sea-bindweed1597
sea or Scottish scurvy-grass1597
sea-withwind1597
soldanella1597
ropeweed1598
bethwine1609
volubilis1664
Scotch scurvy-grassa1722
black bindweed1785
calystegia1880
sea convolvulus1921
bell-binder-
1575 G. Gascoigne Wks. (1587) 189 Tares and Byndes can pluck good grayne adowne.
1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names Common Bind, Convolvulus [wild].
4.
a. Indurated clay, occurring between coal-strata.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral deposits > features of stratum or vein > [noun] > material between > between coal
pennant1669
table-bat1712
bind1799
seral1858
bony1874
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 297 Indurated clay, which the miners commonly call clunch, and when much mixed with calx of iron, bind.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 301 Black shale, iron stone, shale, blue bind.
1844 H. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Drainage Land 173 Red clay and skerry or bine.
1864 Derby Merc. 7 Dec. The fall of bind suddenly liberating a quantity of bad air.
b. A thin stratum of shale or stone.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > sedimentary formation > [noun] > stratum > stratum by constitution > layer of stones
flaw1576
bind1748
capstone1791
stone line1938
1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 126 The upper Pillars..lying between two Binds of Stone like Seams of Coal.
5. A measure of quantity in salmon and eels.In modern dictionaries.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > quantity of fish
stickOE
mease1332
warp1436
bind1477
wisp1521
cast1587
strikea1690
turna1690
cran1797
toss1851
swill1894
1477 Sc. Act Jas. III (1597) §76 Of the bind of Salmond.
1487 Sc. Act Jas. III (1597) §131 The Barrell bind of Salmound sould..contein the assyse and mesour of fourteene gallonis.
1667 Chamberlayne's Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (1743) i. iii. ii. 154 Eels have 25 to the Strike; 10 Strikes to the Bind.
a1728 W. Kennett MS Lansdowne 1033 (Lansd. 1033) A Bind of eels..consisted of ten sticks, and every stick of twenty five eels.
6. Capacity, measure, limit, size. aboon my bind: beyond my power. Scottish. Cf. bend n.1
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun]
greatness1381
measurea1382
quantitya1387
muchnessa1398
sizea1400
largec1400
micklec1400
moisonc1400
of suingc1400
bignessc1475
assize1481
proportions1481
bodya1500
dimension1529
measuring1529
wideness1535
bind1551
corporance1570
magnitude1570
mickledom1596
amplitude1599
breadth1609
extendure1613
extension1614
extent1623
extensure1631
dimense1632
dimensity1655
bulkiness1674
bulksomeness1674
admeasurement1754
calliper1819
acreage1846
1551 Acts Mar. xi. (Jam.) The wylde Guse of the greit bind, iis.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 3 His hois thay war..Of biggest bind.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. i. 24 Their bind was just a Scots pint over-head, and a tappit-hen.
7. A bruise on a horse's foot caused by the pressure of a nail on the sensitive parts.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > disorders of feet or hooves > caused by shoeing
retreatc1465
cloying1548
accloy1673
retract1738
bind1908
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 239 ‘Pricks’, wounds from nails driven into the fleshy part, and ‘presses’, or ‘binds’, from their being so close that they bruise them.
8. A bore, nuisance (cf. bind v. 22). slang.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull thing or activity
weariness1560
insipid1699
prose1743
bore1778
insipidity1822
ennui1849
yawn1889
palaver1920
bind1930
binder1930
corn1936
yawner1942
ho-hum1963
vicarage tea party1973
1930 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 676 Letter writing is what the R.A.F. call a ‘bind’.
1942 Penguin New Writing 13 24 Occasionally..it publishes a serious article... But this is regarded as a ‘bind’, i.e. boring and tiresome.
1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 13 Bind, a depressing job or situation, one who is a bore. Used as a verb it suggests a petty or depressing order or regulation... Thus, ‘It's a perfect bind, old boy’, or ‘Smith's got his tapes: I suppose he'll be binding everyone now’, or ‘He's the worst binder I ever served under’... Binds you rigid, binds you stiff, bores you completely.
1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet viii. 272 But it's an awful bind for you, at such a time as this.
9. A difficult situation, a predicament. (In quot. 1851, = ‘(tight) squeeze’.) Cf. double bind n. at double adj.1 and adv. Compounds 1. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > [noun] > difficult state of things > predicament or straits
needfulnessc1350
kankedortc1374
pressc1375
needfultya1382
briguec1400
brikec1400
plightc1400
taking?c1425
partyc1440
distrait1477
brakea1529
hot water1537
strait1544
extremes1547
pickle1562
praemunire1595
lock1598
angustiae1653
difficulty1667
scrape1709
premune1758
hole1760
Queer Street1811
warm water1813
strift1815
fix1816
plisky1818
snapper1818
amplush1827
false position1830
bind1851
jackpot1887
tight1896
squeeze1905
jam1914
1851 Let. 27 Mar. in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) iv. 127 I scuffle hard but can not get along... It is a very tight bind for me to live... I am not worth five dollars.
1946 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 30 Mar. 45/2 Amon Carter was out of the state at the time, but when he heard Dallas would get the centennial, it threw him in a hard bind.
1969 D. Acheson Present at Creation (1970) xxix. 258 Seeking..American help in escaping from the bind in which British treaties with Egypt and Jordan placed him.
1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) iii. 355 He is nonplussed. Has probably been in this bind a hundred times. Whole movie business runs on credit.
1986 Sunday Times 23 Feb. 21/1 Mrs. Thatcher and Tebbit..are clearly in a bind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bindv.
/bʌɪnd/, U.S. /baɪnd/ General sense: To make fast with a band or bond.
I. To tie fast. [See also Branch IV.]
1.
a. transitive. To make fast with a tie; to fasten, tie up.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind
writheOE
binda1325
fret1401
restrainc1425
band1488
plet1575
strapple?1611
c1000 Ælfric Genesis xlii. 24 He..nam Simeon and band hine beforan him.]
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2216 Ðo breðere seckes hauen he filt..And bunden ðe muðes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15871 His hend þai band and ledd him forth.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Gen. xxii. B Abraham..bande his sonne Isaac, layed him on the altare.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. iii. sig. Aiv Than catche & hold while I may fast bind fast fynde.
1804 J. Abernethy Surg. Observ. 215 The fascia which binds it down in its situation.
1855 W. M. Thackeray Rose & Ring xvii They..bound his legs tight under his horse.
b. To tie fast to (on, upon).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > to, on, or upon something
bindc1275
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 8326 Samuel..lette hine swiðe sterke to ane stake binde [c1300 Otho bynde].
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. xcv. 75 They..take pyeces of tunder and of fire, and bonde it to the sparwes fete.
1611 Bible (King James) Deut. vi. 8 Thou shalt bind them for a seal upon thine hand. View more context for this quotation
c. figurative.
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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. vi. 21 Bind hem bisili in thin herte.
1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) Induct. xxxviii To this poore life was Miserie ybound.
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xi. xxxiv. 438 To binde incomprehensible effectes to the lawes of nature.
1720 J. Ozell et al. tr. R. A. de Vertot Hist. Revol. Rom. Republic II. xiv. 328 To bind Cæsar faster to their Interest.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 84 Distrust, and grief, Will bind to us each western chief.
1866 Ecce Homo (ed. 4) xiv. 166 To bind men to their kind.
d. esp. said of spiritual or ecclesiastical binding. (In reference to Matthew xvi. 19.)
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > instruct or improve
bindc975
confirma1300
enhancec1325
edify1340
exhancea1450
enlightena1500
build1526
mounta1546
spiritualize1596
sanctify1597
c975 Rushw. Gosp. Matt. xvi. 19 Swa hwæt swa þu bindes on eorðan gebunde biðon and in heofunum.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 65 Al þat prest bindeð soðliche buð ibunden.
a1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 3850 ‘Alle þat þou byndes in erthe,’ says he, ‘Sal in heven bunden be.’
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 172 He ssel zeche zuch ane confessour þet conne bynde and onbynde.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 28 If ilk prest mai vse þe key..to assoile him, or ellis to bind him fro grace.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xvi. 19 Whatsoeuer thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heauen. View more context for this quotation
2. esp.
a. To make fast (any one) with bonds or fetters; to deprive of personal liberty, make a captive or prisoner.
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society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > bind, fetter, or shackle [verb (transitive)]
bind971
to bind hand and footOE
i-bindec1000
umgivea1300
warrok1362
hampera1375
bolt1377
shacklec1440
astrainc1475
estrain1483
to put in irons1533
to tie up1570
manacle1582
beshackle1599
to tie (also lay) neck and heels1618
fillet1633
kilta1689
to tie down1699
oblige1718
hog-tie1886
zip-tie1985
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)] > in free action
bind971
hamper?a1366
chain1377
coarctc1400
prison?a1425
tether?a1505
fetter1526
imprisona1533
strait1533
swaddle1539
measure1560
shacklea1568
to tie up1570
manacle1577
straitena1586
hopple1586
immew16..
scant1600
cabina1616
criba1616
trammela1616
copse1617
cramp1625
cloister1627
incarcerate1640
hidebind1642
to box up1659
strait-lace1662
perstringe1679
hough-band1688
cabin1780
pin1795
strait jacket1814
peg1832
befetter1837
to tie the hands of1866
hog-tie1924
corset1935
971 Blickl. Hom. 23 Hie hine swungon, & bundon, & spǽtledon on his onsyne.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 23 He ferde in to helle and..bond þe deuel.
?c1335 in W. Heuser Kildare-Gedichte (1904) 121 Nas neuer non so fule ifund As he in helle liþ abund.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxix. 7 He..bond [a1425 L.V. boond] hym in gyues.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xiv. 3 Forsothe Eroude helde Joon, and bounde hym, and putte him in to prisoun.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lxi. A Yt I might..open the preson to them that are bounde.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 139 Surprize him first, and with hard Fetters bind . View more context for this quotation
1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 32 Too mad for mere material chains to bind.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 303 My father bound him hand and foot and threw him into a ditch.
b. figurative. Said of sickness, sin, passion, affection, intellectual embarrassment, a magic spell, etc.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > restrict in free action [verb (transitive)]
bindc1200
hamper?a1366
chain1377
coarctc1400
prison?a1425
tether?a1505
fetter1526
imprisona1533
strait1533
swaddle1539
measure1560
shacklea1568
to tie up1570
manacle1577
straitena1586
hopple1586
immew16..
scant1600
cabina1616
criba1616
trammela1616
copse1617
cramp1625
cloister1627
incarcerate1640
hidebind1642
strait-lace1662
perstringe1679
hough-band1688
cabin1780
pin1795
strait jacket1814
peg1832
befetter1837
to tie the hands of1866
corset1935
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 16 Þas abrahames dohtor þe satanas geband nu eahtatyne gear.]
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 63 Þenne bie we bunden of wiðerfulnesse.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 300 Luue bint swa ure lauerd.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xiii. 16 This douȝtre of Abraham, whom Sathanas hath bounden, loo! ten and eiȝte ȝeeris.
c1450 York Bid. Prayer in Layfolks Mass Bk. 70 We sall pray..for all þaes þat er bun in dette or in dedely syn.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy xxiii. 9542 Achilles..lay in his loge all with loue boundon.
1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation iii. 156 The Magistrate (say they)..hath no power to bind the conscience.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. viii. ii. 308 The magician will release the fair spirit he has bound to his will.
II. To tie about, bandage, gird, encircle.
3. To tie (a knot obsolete); hence figurative to conclude (a story obsolete, a bargain or agreement), to make (any contract) fast or sure. †to bind an end (Nautical): to finish up (obsolete).
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > make an agreement with [verb (transitive)] > make conclude or seal (an agreement)
binda1300
smitec1330
takec1330
ratify1357
knitc1400
enter1418
obligea1522
agree1523
conclude1523
strike1544
swap1590
celebrate1592
rate?1611
to strike up1646
form1736
firm1970
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell (story) [verb (transitive)] > conclude (story)
to make an endc893
binda1300
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > fasten or secure with a knot > tie (a knot) (in)
knitc1000
plight1589
casta1605
inknot1611
binda1616
knot1832
a1300 Sarmun 53 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 6 Þe last word bint þe tale.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 46 A forward fast thai bond.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 825 That cunnand band thai sekirly.
1567 R. Sempill Deeclaratioun Lordis Iust Quarrell (single sheet) Syne with his Burrio band ane new mariage.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. i. 16 The sooner to effect, And surer binde this knot of amitie. View more context for this quotation
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 7 None of the Subjects should bind up a league together.
1677 Act Frauds xvii Give something in earnest to bind the bargain.
1883 T. Hardy in Longman's Mag. July 259 A shilling is passed to bind the bargain.
4. ‘To hinder the natural flux of the bowels, to make costive’ (Johnson). Cf. confine v. 9.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > cause excretory disorder [verb (transitive)] > constipation
constipate1541
stop1542
inveterate1574
detain1580
bind1597
restringe1598
confine1870
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 342 Astringentes, gebindende.]
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 40 It heateth moderately and bindeth with tenuitie of parts.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §19 Rubarb hath manifestly in it..parts that bind the body.
1702 W. Salmon tr. Pharmacopoeia Londinensis (ed. 6) i. i. 11/1 Hyacinthi..bind the Belly.
1815 Encycl. Brit. IV. 197/1 The fruit [Medler-tree]..is somewhat austere, and binds the bowels.
5. To bandage (the body, etc. with something); to put a bandage on (any part of the body); to ‘swaddle’ a child, to ‘wind’ a corpse.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > bind or wrap in shroud
bindc1000
winda1325
trammel1536
shroud1577
sock1584
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > swaddling clothes
binda1400
swaddlea1400
sweddlea1400
beswaddle1755
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) xi. 44 Hys nebb wæs mid swat-line gebunden.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 121 Summe þer weren þet his eȝan bundan.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John xix. 40 Thei token the body of Jhesu, and bounden it in lynnen clothis.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11236 Wit suilk [sc. clothes] sco suedeld him and band.
1694 W. Salmon Iatrica i. v. 284/1 To bind her Belly with a large swathing-band.
1809 S. Cooper Dict. Pract. Surg. 363 This graduated compress..is then to be bound on the part with a roller.
1837 Penny Mag. No. 335 A schöppe..bound his eyes and led him to where the court was sitting.
6. ‘To cover a wound with dressings and bandages’ (Johnson). Usually with up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by topical applications > treat by topical applications [verb (transitive)] > bandage
bindc1175
scarf1601
fast1618
band1700
roll1746
fetter1756
bandage1774
to strap up1843
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 79 An helendis Mon..bond his wunden.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xvii. 70 [The Samaritan] embawmed hym and bonde his hed.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke x. 34 He comynge nyȝ, bond to gidere his woundis.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos li. 145 He made his thye to be dressed and bounden vp.
1568 Bible (Bishops') Hosea vi. 1 Hee hath wounded vs, and hee will binde vs vp.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 131 Giue me another horse, bind vp my wounds. View more context for this quotation
1786 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 50 Who can so softly bind up the wound?
1816 G. Crabb Eng. Synonymes 161/2 A wounded leg is bound but not tied; a string is tied but not bound.
7. To fasten round, to gird, encircle, wreathe (the head, etc. with something; something about, round the head, etc.).
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c1000 Ælfric Leviticus viii And band his heafod mid claþe.
c1386 G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale 33 His typet y-bounde aboute his heed.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bynde vp, as a woman doth her heade.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. iii. 14 His browes bound with Oake. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) iv. iv. 273 + 46 Bound with Triumphant Garlands will I come.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 38 Bind those Altars round With Fillets.
1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 8 A Belt her Waste, a Fillet binds her Hair.
1870 Ld. Tennyson Holy Grail 159 I, maiden, round thee, maiden, bind my belt.
8. To secure with a border or edging of some strengthening material, as a box or jewel with metal, a garment with braid, etc.; also figurative.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > form the edge of [verb (transitive)] > provide with an edge > with some strengthening material
bindc1380
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 349 Hem failen charite to bynde her schelde in ordre.
1464 Inv. Dk. Suffolk in Dom. Archit. III. 113 A gret standard of the chapell bounde with ierne.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. xlv. 11 A worke..set with costly precious stones, all bounde with golde.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 881 A flourie verge to binde The fluid skirts of that same watrie Cloud. View more context for this quotation
1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 6 Close by the Walls which fair Augusta Bind.
1809 R. K. Porter Travelling Sketches Russia & Sweden I. ii. 17 A sort of low beef-eater hat bound with yellow.
1887 N.E.D. at Bind Mod. Silk binding to bind coats and vests.
III. To tie together, to unite.
9. absolute.1770 A. Young Six Months Tour N. Eng. I. 189 A man follows every two scythes to bind.
a. To tie (a number of things) so as to hold them together, or to form them into a single mass; esp. to tie up (sheaves of corn).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > make into a bundle
bindc1000
trussc1300
kid1504
faggot1582
bundlec1649
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind > bind up or together
forbindc897
bindc1000
to-knita1300
truss1340
louka1393
to knit up1509
to wind up?1533
upbind1590
pinion1608
abligate1615
fillet1633
ligament1659
ligature1716
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround closely or tightly
clipc825
fathomOE
windc1175
truss1340
embracec1360
bindc1384
clasp1447
complect1523
circumplect1578
embrace1578
enclasp1596
entwist1600
beclasp1608
chaina1616
inclipa1616
corsleta1625
circumplex1632
enlace1633
entwine1633
comply1648
throttle1863
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 30 Gadriað ærest þonne coccel, and bindað sceafmælum.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 187 Ha schulen beon ibunden to gederes.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xiii. 30 Gedre ȝee to gedre dernels,..and byndeth hem to gidre in knytchis [1611 King James binde them in bundels]..for to be brent.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 626 To binde with osiers or twigges, as hoopers dooe.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxxix. 7 Hee that bindeth sheaues. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 34 Her Bowre she leaves, With Thestylis to bind the Sheaves.
1750 B. Franklin Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 65 Bind the pieces of glass together from end to end with strong silk thread.
a1832 G. Crabbe Posthumous Tales i, in Poet. Wks. (1834) VIII. 162 What time the reaper binds the burden'd sheaf.
1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner II. xxviii. 229 Old Sophy..bound up her long hair for her sleep.
b. figurative.
ΚΠ
1568 Bible (Bishops') 1 Sam. xxv. 29 The soule of my lorde shal be bounde in the bundel of the liuing.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 18 The jarring Nations he in peace shall bind.
1785 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 417 Friendships which had bound their ancestors together.
c1854 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) ii. 116 The situation of Palestine is remarkably bound up with its future destinies.
10.
a. To cement (particles) together, or cause them to cohere in a firm mass. spec. in Cookery.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > state of being thick enough to retain form > give consistency to [verb (transitive)] > cause to cohere
binda1000
cleama1340
coagulec1400
congeal1563
coagulate1610
a1000 Exon. 78 a (Bosw.) Hrusan [MS. hruse] bindeþ wintres wóma.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 355 Þis elementz þat al thinges bindes Four er þai.
c1440 Anc. Cookery in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 435 Qwhen the sawse is bounden to the felettes, then take hom out of the pot.
c1760 T. Smollett Ode to Blue-ey'd Ann 3 When Lybian sands are bound in frost.
1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 218 Stiff and loamy soils, which become hardened and bound.
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. x. 199 Pound well, and bind with 1 or 2 eggs.
1872 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera II. xvi. 10 That rain and frost of heaven; and the earth which they loose and bind.
1962 Listener 29 Nov. 943/2 You will need..beaten egg (to bind).
1963 Listener 14 Mar. 479/1 Mix together the stuffing ingredients, binding with beaten egg.
b. intransitive (for reflexive). To stick together, cohere in a mass.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > be furnished with a collection [verb (intransitive)] > cohere in a mass
bind1674
1674 N. Grew Exper. Luctation ii. §15 Their Alkaly binds in with some preternatural Acid in the Stomach.
1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 240 Soiling it [chalk land] with the best mould..to keep it from binding.
1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. iii. 37 The Metal running close to the spindle will bind on that place.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 179. ⁋8 A spacious Walk of the finest Gravel, made to bind and unite so firmly.
1836 N. Paterson Manse Garden iii. 198 The coarse [gravel], it is true does not bind.
c. intransitive. Hawking. To grapple or close with.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (intransitive)] > other actions
tirec1220
beak1486
enseam1486
traverse1486
bind1575
crab1575
gleam1575
accost1596
canceleera1640
to wait on1773
to throw up1881
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 255 As diuers tymes it happeneth to the Falcon..when they binde togither in the ayre.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 76 Nothing flieth in the aire that they will not bind with.
1826 Sebright in ‘Stonehenge’ Brit. Sports i. iv. i. § 10 When one of the hawks seizes his prey, the other soon binds to him.
11.
a. transitive. To fasten together the sheets of (a book), and put it into a stiff cover. Technically ‘binding’ is covering with leather, vellum, or other durable material; though in ordinary language we say ‘bound in cloth.’ A book is half-bound when it has a leather back, and the sides covered with cloth or paper.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bind [verb (transitive)]
bind?a1400
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3317 The sexte had a sawtere semliche bowndene.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xiiiv I haue them [my books] in great reuerence..Full goodly bounde in pleasaunt couerture.
1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 37 That no Byble should be bounde without the Apocripha.
1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing vii. sig. C4 No person..shall bind, stitch, or put to sale, any such booke.
1716 A. Pope Further Acct. E. Curll 9 He always binds in Sheep.
1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend ii. 49 A huge tome, bound In brass and wild-boar's hide.
b. to bind up: i.e. together into one volume.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bind [verb (transitive)] > fasten together into one volume
to bind up1650
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico iv. 95 It is printed, and bound up with her life.
1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants Ep. Ded. An Animal is..several Plants bound up into one Volume.
1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) ii. xvi. 183 The fragment on Hades, formerly bound up with the works of Josephus.
12. Hedging. To interlace stakes with edder.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > hedging > make or repair hedge [verb (transitive)] > pleach hedge
bind?1523
plash?1523
rail1577
pleach1635
edder1649
yedder1818
splash1828
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxixv Set thy stakes within two fote and a halfe togyder, except thou haue very good edderynge, and longe to bynde with.
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xl Ye better the stake woll be driuen whan he is well bounden.
13. transferred. To fasten together or connect in various ways, as to harness a horse or chariot (obsolete), to fasten parts of dress (poetic), to connect distant places (rhetorical); and in various figurative uses.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [verb (transitive)] > harness or yoke
yokeOE
harness13..
cart-saddle1377
join1377
couple1393
enharness1490
benda1522
bind1535
span1550
team1552
spang1580
inyoke1595
trace1605
enclose?1615
gear1638
to get in1687
reharness1775
reyoke1813
to hook up1825
inspan1834
hitch1844
pole1846
stock1909
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > together
bind1535
tie1585
ingrapple1599
fibulate1656
tag1681
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [verb (transitive)] > yoke (a horse, cart, or carriage)
join1377
couple1393
bind1535
to put in1709
to put to1732
to hook up1825
inspan1834
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > fasten
lace?c1225
gird1297
belta1400
buttona1425
garterc1440
lashc1440
pointa1470
trussa1475
lace1485
fasten1600
truss1610
bind1720
staylace1832
sandal1897
zip1929
to zip up1937
zipper1938
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)] > link together > link distant places
bind1855
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. vii. 8 Bynde not two synnes together.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ex. xiv. 6 He bounde his charetts fast [ Wyclif, ioynede the chare].
1611 Bible (King James) Micah i. 13 Bind the chariot to the swift beast. View more context for this quotation
1720 J. Gay Epist. T. Snow A sharpen'd skewer cross his bare shoulders bound A tattered rug.
1836 O. W. Holmes My Aunt in Poems She strains the aching clasp That binds her virgin zone.
1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic Hist. Introd. i. 3 To bind by watery highways with the farthest ends of the world, a country disinherited by nature of its rights.
1857 J. Keble in H. Nelson Salisbury Hymn Bk. 174 Thou didst bind two natures In Thine eternal bands.
IV. To restrain or unite by non-material bonds. (Closely connected with the figurative uses of 1, 2, from which these senses spring.)
14. To tie, restrain, confine, restrict by a non-material bond or force of any kind.
ΚΠ
a1300 Cursor Mundi 23748 We ar bunden vnder þair au.
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 35 Þe Walsch men he band With homage and feaute.
1610 T. Campion New Way Counter-point sig. D4 No tune..can haue any grace or sweetnesse, vnlesse it be bounded within a proper key.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. ii. 95 When poysoned houres had bound me vp From mine owne knowledge. View more context for this quotation
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. viii. ii. 400 The great Contriver of Nature is not bound up to one way only.
1838 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. vii. 14 I have no official business to bind me.
15. † b. intransitive (for reflexive). To agree, pledge oneself.
a. To tie (a person, oneself) up in respect to action; to oblige by a covenant, oath, promise or vow. Const. to, from, an action, to do something.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] > without escape
bind?c1225
thirlc1540
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 5 Hwase..hit bihat god ase heste to donne ha bint hire þer to.
c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 47 He bynt him to perpetuall obeisaunce.
c1440 York Myst. xxxii. 217 I will me bynde to be your man.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. xxx. A Yf eny man..sweare an ooth, so that he binde his soule.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan 71 A Covenant, if lawfull, binds in the sight of God, without the Oath.
1656 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa V. iii. ii. 84 What I binde my self from now, I will abjure for ever, for your sake.
1832 T. Chalmers On Polit. Econ. v A landed proprietor may bind himself to a future payment, in a written deed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > promise, vow, or pledge [verb (intransitive)] > enter into or pledge oneself
covenantc1440
bind1488
undertake1572
engage1604
pre-engage1652
subscribe1680
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 931 Than band thai thus, thar suld be no debait.
c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches II. 215 He would voluntarily bind for it.
16. transitive. To oblige or constrain with legal authority.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal power > [verb (transitive)] > oblige with legal authority
bind1463
1463 T. Playter in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 291 Your certificat..schall bynd ony of þe parties to sey þe contrary.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. HHHviiiv For the lawe of the churche..byndeth vs to syng or say our seruice diligently.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 26 What law can bynd mee, to be trew to so wycked a countrey?
1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 45 Whether the English laws could bind Ireland.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 375 Every parish was bound to repair the highways which passed through it.
17. To subject to a specific legal obligation.
a. To make (a person or estate) liable for the payment of a debt, or fulfilment of an obligation. Usually passive: To be made or become surety.
ΚΠ
1462 Mann. & Househ. Exp. 149 My mastyre and Thomas Howe are bowndyne..to my lord of Esex, lx, li.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 6 For the which as I told you, Anthonio shalbe bound.
1650 T. Bayly Worcesters Apophthegmes 69 Offering to bind her estate for the repayment.
?1720 Wonderful Wonder 4 He has hardly one Acquaintance for whom he hath not been bound.
1772 H. Mackenzie Man of World (1823) ii. ix. 476 I will become bound to make up all your losses.
b. To lay under obligation to answer or prosecute a charge (usually to bind over to appear, etc.), or gen. to perform a stated act or pursue a line of conduct. Frequently to bind over (used without following to and dependent phrase): to oblige (a person) to undertake to do, or abstain from, a particular act; spec. to make (someone) give a recognizance not to commit a breach of the peace, usually for a specified period.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)]
obligea1325
conclude1393
astrainc1475
astringe1523
obstringe1528
obligate1533
bind1549
debt-bind1563
astrictc1600
tie1608
engage1642
to put (a person) on his or her honour1656
pin1710
1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Matrimonie f. xiii*v Yf any man..will be bound, & sureties with hym, to the parties.
1591 R. Greene Second Pt. Conny-catching sig. C2v They were apprehended, & bound ouer to the Sessions at Westminster.
1610 W. Yonge Diary 28 May (1848) 21 Being asked by Mr. Drake wherefore he was bound over, he said for a private grudge borne him by the bishop.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xii. 299 He is not to be bound to the peace.
1692 J. P. New Guide Constables 115 Such Parents may be bound over..to answer their said Default.
1764 T. Cunningham New & Compl. Law-Dict. at Good behaviour This statute..seems to impower them, not only to bind over those, who seem to be notoriously troublesome,..but also those who are publickly scandalous.
1820 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (ed. 3) at Surety of the peace A Peer or Peeress cannot be bound over in any other place than the Courts of King's Bench or Chancery.
1820 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. (ed. 3) at Surety of the peace A justice may bind over all night-walkers.
1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiii. 133 The Mayor..declared that he would..bind them over to keep the peace.
1917 Oxf. Jrnl. Illustr. 17 Jan. 8/3 The prisoner was bound over for twelve months.
1970 Oxf. Mail 6 Jan. 5 Judge Mais told him that in binding him over there was no possible slur cast upon him.
c. to bind one (over) to his good behaviour. literal and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] > to behave well
to bind one (over) to his good behaviour1642
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 40 Till the Lord binde the soule to her good behaviour.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 39 It pretended to bind books to their good behaviour.
1760 Life & Adventures of Cat 108 Sufficient..to bind him down to his good behaviour.
1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More I. 142 The members would virtually be bound to their good behaviour.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 559 He thought it unjust..to bind him over to his good behaviour.
d. colloquial I dare, or will be bound: I undertake the responsibility of the statement, I feel certain.
ΚΠ
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes (1582) 399 b I dare be bound..he shal not want infinit troubles.
1589 ‘M. Marprelate’ Theses Martinianæ (title page) Ile bee bounde hee shall not loose his labour.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. iii. 18 I dare be bound hee's true. View more context for this quotation
1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer v. 93 I'll be bound that no soul here can budge a foot to follow you.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxviii. 128 You 've been stealing something, I'll be bound.
18. to be bound: to be under obligation, to have it as a duty, moral or legal, to do something.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > be bound by moral or legal tie [verb (intransitive)]
shrive1338
to be boundc1360
to be holdena1375
to be obliged1398
oblige1548
obligate1955
c1360 Deo Gratias in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 125 To þonke and blesse hym we be bounde.
c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 291 Thow art ybounden..To helpe me.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Ordre of Chyualry (1926) ii. 18 Soo moche arte thow more bonde and bounden to be good.
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) x. 63 Princes, are not bound to communicate all matters.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 523 That she is bound in honor still to do. View more context for this quotation
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 230 I am not bound to assign the..motives of his..hatred.
1852 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation (ed. 2) ii. i. 158 Government..is bound to treat all its subjects alike.
19. To engage or unite in matrimony.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > action or fact of marrying > marry [verb (transitive)] > join in marriage
wedOE
join1297
spousec1325
bind1330
couplea1340
to put togethera1387
conjoin1447
accouple1548
matea1593
solemnize1592
espouse1599
faggot1607
noose1664
to give (also conjoin, join, take) in (also to, into) marriage1700
rivet1700
to tie the knot1718
buckle1724
unite1728
tack1732
wedlock1737
marry1749
splice1751
to turn off1759
to tie up1894
1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 40 He wild him bynd to som berde in boure.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 1 Cor. vii. 27 Thou art boundyn to a wyf.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 946 Moreouer I am bound to my wife.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. iv. 57 As mariage binds and blood breakes. View more context for this quotation
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 47 To bind in Law, the Couple bound by Love.
20. To indenture (any one) to a master, or to a trade, as an apprentice or learner; to apprentice. Sometimes with out or over.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > working > career > have career [verb (transitive)] > put out as apprentice > bind as apprentice
bindc1500
prentice1598
apprentice1631
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > swathe > a bandage, sash, etc.
swathe1656
bind1710
turban1822
c1500 in J. O. Halliwell Nugæ Poeticæ (1844) 20 The preste that bounde me prentys.
1586 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 251 Twenty shillings to John Stinchcome yf he be bownde.
1602 W. S. True Chron. Hist. Ld. Cromwell sig. A3 Had I bound him to some honest trade.
a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 89 (note) Imploying the yearly profits..in binding forth apprentices into other parishes.
1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 196. ⁋3 [I] have bound him to a Shoe~maker.
1845 H. J. Stephen New Comm. Laws Eng. II. 230 Apprentices are usually bound out by their friends; though their own consent is essential.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) ii. 10 Rebecca..was bound over as an articled pupil.
21. To attach to (a person) by ties of duty, gratitude, affection, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > bind (a person) morally or legally [verb (transitive)] > bind to a person or thing by ties of duty
bind1530
affy1566
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 362 I am bownden to no man.
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iii. 29 I am much bounden to your Maiesty. View more context for this quotation
1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect Ded. Note sig. A2 The good assurance of your native worth..hath so bound my thankfull acknowledgement.
1682 Pepys' Diary VI. 147 I am infinitely bound to my friends..for their thoughts of me.
1765 E. Burke Let. in Corr. (1958) I. 195 The way in which you take up my affairs binds me to you in a manner I cannot express.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 181 Simon Glover, to whom the Fair City is so much bounden.
V. slang.
22. transitive. To bore, weary.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium
sadeOE
weary1340
tire?a1513
accloy1530
irka1535
attediate1603
tedify1614
bore1768
vapour1774
ennui1804
terebrate1855
bind1929
feed1933
1929 T. E. Lawrence Lett. (1938) 640 Voyages are binding things, & I'm lucky to have had this job to keep me busy.
1943 C. H. Ward-Jackson It's a Piece of Cake 13 Bind, a depressing job or situation, one who is a bore. Used as a verb it suggests a petty or depressing order or regulation... Thus, ‘It's a perfect bind, old boy’, or ‘Smith's got his tapes: I suppose he'll be binding everyone now’, or ‘He's the worst binder I ever served under’... Binds you rigid, binds you stiff, bores you completely.
1944 E. Partridge in 19th Cent. CXXXV. 184 To bind a person is to bore him stiff; probably from the ill-temper that so often results from being bound or constipated; but perhaps from the fact that such a duty as is a tie may easily become boring.
23. intransitive. To complain. (In quot. 1942 used transitively, to complain to, to admonish.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]
threac897
threapc897
begripea1000
threata1000
castea1200
chaste?c1225
takec1275
blame1297
chastya1300
sniba1300
withnima1315
undernima1325
rebukec1330
snuba1340
withtakea1340
reprovec1350
chastisea1375
arate1377
challenge1377
undertake1377
reprehenda1382
repreync1390
runta1398
snapea1400
underfoc1400
to call to account1434
to put downc1440
snebc1440
uptakec1440
correptc1449
reformc1450
reprise?c1450
to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450
control1451
redarguec1475
berisp1481
to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522
checkc1530
admonish1541
nip1548
twig?1550
impreve1552
lesson1555
to take down1562
to haul (a person) over the coals1565
increpate1570
touch1570
school1573
to gather up1577
task1580
redarguate?1590
expostulate1592
tutor1599
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to sharp up1647
round1653
threapen1671
reprimand1681
to take to task1682
document1690
chapter1693
repulse1746
twink1747
to speak to ——1753
haul1795
to pull up1799
carpet1840
rig1841
to talk to1860
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
rawhide1895
to tell off1897
to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900
to get on ——1904
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
strafe1915
tick1915
woodshed1935
to slap (a person) down1938
sort1941
bind1942
bottle1946
mat1948
ream1950
zap1961
elder1967
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > complain [verb (intransitive)]
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jower1879
grouse1887
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peeve1912
grouch1916
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to sound off1918
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to rag on1979
wrinch2011
1942 I. Gleed Arise to Conquer i. 11 We stayed sitting in our cockpits listening to Pat binding the ground station on the radio telephone.
1943 Penguin New Writing 17 18 ‘Stop binding,’ said Ginger mechanically... ‘When I get back to civvy street I'll never moan about my job again.’
1948 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 52 719 It is useless to expect information on maintenance difficulties..because usually the operator ‘binds’ to himself or his mates on encountering a snag.
1955 W. Fink in P. Chambers & A. Landreth Called Up vi. 115 I dare say we would have binded more about all this bull if it hadn't been that there was a system by which the best hut got a forty-eight hour pass.
1959 ‘D. Buckingham’ Wind Tunnel viii. 73 Eddy's been binding to Vic about you.
Phrases
† bounden and owen: under obligation, obliged, bound. Obsolete.
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1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII xii This Realm of England is an Empire..governed by one supreme Head and King..unto whom a Body politick..been bounden and owen to bear a natural and humble Obedience.
1541–2 Act 33 Hen. VIII in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 211 To give money in almes, in as large a maner and forme as they are bownden or owen to doe.
1642 J. Spelman View of Observ. upon His Majesties Late Answers 9 The King the supreame head..unto whom a body politique..been bounden and owen next to God.
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a. transitive. Chemistry and Biochemistry. To combine chemically with; to form a chemical bond with.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical bonding > form a chemical bond [verb (transitive)]
bond1923
bind1928
1928 Jrnl. Gen. Physiol. 8 271 The data appear to indicate that part of the metallic element is bound by casein in such a way as to produce a complex ion.
1930 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 88 265 For 1 cc. of solution the glutamic acid will bind 0.07 mg. of iron.
1968 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. I. xxix. 19/2 The possession by blood of carbonic anhydrase, and of buffers which bind H+, is the chief reason why blood is a better carrier of CO2 than water.
1970 R. W. McGilvery Biochemistry vi. 116 The peptide chains of such enzymes have a third function. In addition to binding the substrate and providing groups required for catalysis, they also must be capable of binding the coenzyme.
1988 New Scientist 10 Dec. 17/2 The coral soil is basically composed of calcium carbonate which will bind strontium-90.
b. intransitive. Chemistry and Biochemistry. To combine chemically with; to become chemically bound to.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical bonding > form a chemical bond [verb (intransitive)]
bind1959
1959 A. White et al. Princ. Biochem. (ed. 2) xii. 208 Carbon monoxide competes with oxygen in binding with hemoglobin.
1965 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 103 532 (heading) Failure of tetracycline to bind to Escherichia coli ribosomes.
1973 Nature 14 Sept. 64/2 ‘Paraquat’ seems to have a particular affinity for lung tissue, where it probably binds to cell membranes.
1979 D. R. Hofstadter Gödel, Escher, Bach (1980) xvi. 516 Each base in one strand faces a complementary base in the other strand, and binds to it.
1982 Sci. Amer. June 50/3 Glutamate or aspartate..supply negatively charged carboxylate (COO−) groups; it is primarily these groups that bind to the calcium ion.
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