单词 | bind |
释义 | bindn. 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). ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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 ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.). ΘΚΠ 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. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.). ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. 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. 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 sauce1601 snip1601 sneap1611 to take in tax1635 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)] murkeOE misspeakOE yomer971 chidea1000 murkenOE grutch?c1225 mean?a1300 hum13.. plainta1325 gruntc1325 plainc1325 musea1382 murmurc1390 complain1393 contrary1393 flitec1400 pinea1425 grummec1430 aggrudge1440 hoinec1440 mutterc1450 grudge1461 channerc1480 grunch1487 repine1529 storm?1553 expostulate1561 grumblea1586 gruntle1591 chunter1599 swagger1599 maunder1622 orp1634 objurgate1642 pitter1672 yelp1706 yammer1794 natter1804 murgeon1808 groan1816 squawk1875 jower1879 grouse1887 beef1888 to whip the cat1892 holler1904 yip1907 peeve1912 grouch1916 nark1916 to sound off1918 create1919 moana1922 crib1925 tick1925 bitch1930 gripe1932 bind1942 drip1942 kvetchc1950 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. ΚΠ 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. Draft additions 1993 a. transitive. Chemistry and Biochemistry. To combine chemically with; to form a chemical bond with. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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