Band /bant/ (German)

A volume of a book or journal

band¹ /band/

1. A flat strip (of cloth, rubber, metal, etc) to bind round or reinforce anything, as a hat-band, waistband, rubber band, etc
2. A stripe of contrasting colour, texture, etc
3. A flat strip between mouldings, or dividing a wall surface
4. A finger-ring
5. A belt for driving machinery
6. The neck-band or collar of a shirt, also the collar or ruff worn in the 17c (termed a falling-band when turned down)
7. (in pl) the pair of linen strips hanging down in front from the collar, worn by some Protestant clergymen and by barristers and advocates, formerly by others
8. A group or range of frequencies or wavelengths between two specified limits (radio, electronics)
9. In sound reproduction, a separately recorded section of a record or tape
10. A group of close-set lines esp in a molecular spectrum (physics)
11. A particular range, between an upper and lower limit, of eg intelligence, wealth, etc

1. To mark with a band
2. To ring (a bird) (N American)

bandˈed adjective

1. Fastened as with a band
2. Striped with bands
3. Arranged in or into bands

bandˈing noun

The division of children preparing to enter secondary education into groups according to ability, in order to obtain an even spread in the mixed-ability classes usual in comprehensive schools

bandˈ-box (or /banˈboks/) noun

A light kind of box for holding (orig) bands, caps, millinery, etc

adjective (esp US)

1. Very neat and tidy, spruce
2. Delicate, flimsy

bandˈbrake or bandˈ-clutch noun

A brake or clutch in the form of a flexible band that can be tightened about a wheel or drum

bandˈfish noun

A bright-red Mediterranean fish (genus Cepola), or other ribbon-shaped fish

band-pass filter noun (telecommunications)

A filter which freely passes currents having frequencies within specified nominal limits, and highly attenuates currents with frequencies outside these limits

bandˈ-saw noun

An endless saw, a toothed steel belt

bandˈ-string noun

An ornamental string for fastening bands or a collar

bandˈ-wheel noun

A wheel on which a strap or band runs

bandˈwidth noun

1. The width of a band of radio or TV frequencies
2. The range of frequencies in a communications channel
3. The informational capacity of a link between computers

band² /band/

1. A group of people bound together for any common purpose
2. A troop of conspirators, confederates, etc
3. A group of instrumentalists, esp brass, wind and percussion players, often attached to a regiment
4. A group of players of music other than classical music
5. An orchestra (informal)
6. A group of native people on a reservation with elected chiefs (Can)
7. A herd or flock (N American)

To form into a band

To associate, assemble, confederate

bandˈ-call noun

A rehearsal

bandˈmaster noun

The conductor of a band (also bandˈleader)

band'mate noun

A member of the same band of musicians

Band of Hope noun

A 19–20c association of young people pledged to lifelong abstinence from alcoholic drinks

bandˈshell noun

A bandstand with a concave rear wall

bandsˈman noun

A member of a band of musicians

bandˈstand noun

A structure for accommodating a band of musicians

bandˈwagon noun

1. The car that carries the band in a circus procession
2. A fashionable movement, a trend enjoying current success

beat the band (informal)

To be the best (esp in the phrase to beat the band so as to beat everything)

get, jump or leap on the bandwagon

To join in any popular and currently successful movement in the hope of gaining advantage from it

band³ /band/

1. That by which loose things are held together
2. A moral bond of restraint or of obligation (figurative)
3. A tie or connecting piece
4. (in pl) shackles, bonds, fetters
5. An agreement or promise given (archaic)
6. Security given (archaic)
7. A banding together, a confederacy (Scot)
8. A pledge (Spenser)

bandˈster noun (historical)

A binder of the sheaves after the reapers

bandˈ-stone noun

A stone set transversely in a wall to bind the structure

band⁴ /band/ (Spenser)

To ban or banish

band⁵ an obsolete pat of bind

• strictured
• gleamiest
• gleaming
• gleamings
• gleams
• gleamy
• glean
• gleaned
• gleaner
• gleaners
• gleaning
• gleanings
• gleans
• gleave
• glebe
• glebe-house
• glebe-houses
• glebe land
• glebes
• glebous
• gleby
• gled
• glede
• gledes
• gledge