Synonyms for bind
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : bahynd |
| Phonetic Transcription : baɪnd |
Top 10 synonyms for bind Other synonyms for the word bind
- adhere
- bandage
- between a rock and a hard place
- border
- chain
- cinch
- clamp
- compel
- constrict
- detain
- difficulty
- edge
- encase
- enchain
- enfetter
- enslave
- fetter
- finish
- fix
- fold
- force
- furl
- glue
- hamper
- hem
- hinder
- hitch
- hitch on
- hobble
- hogtie
- hook on
- hook up
- hot water
- indenture
- lace
- lap
- lash
- leash
- lock up
- manacle
- moor
- muzzle
- necessitate
- no-win situation
- nuisance
- oblige
- paste
- peg down
- pickle
- pin
- pin down
- pinion
- predicament
- prescribe
- put half nelson on
- put lock on
- put together
- quandary
- require
- restrain
- restrict
- rope
- shackle
- stick
- sticky situation
- strap
- swathe
- tack on
- tether
- tie
- tie up
- tight situation
- tight spot
- trammel
- trim
- truss
- unite
- wrap
- yoke
Définition of bind
Origin :- Old English bindan "to tie up with bonds" (literally and figuratively), also "to make captive; to cover with dressings and bandages" (class III strong verb; past tense band, past participle bunden), from Proto-Germanic *bindan (cf. Old Saxon bindan, Old Norse and Old Frisian binda, Old High German binten "to bind," German binden, Gothic bindan), from PIE root *bhendh- "to bind" (see bend). Intransitive sense of "stick together" is from 1670s. Of books, from c.1400.
- noun predicament
- verb fasten, secure
- verb obligate; restrict
- Well, then, be it so; but loving me does not bind you too much.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- Unfortunately, it does not bind me more than I am bound; but it binds you, Rosa, you.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- Bind me over again to my good behaviour you may, by a single word.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The people who matter to us are the people who rest us—and calm us—and bind up our wounds.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- We cannot break the links which bind the individual to the race.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- That message, and the wearing of the rings, are all that now bind me and the Queen of Ruritania.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- Of which the former are differences that bind, and the latter that separate.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- Now that she did meet him she discovered that he held no bonds with which to bind her.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- In other words, you bind for the sake of loosening, when a good bait is on the hook, do you not?
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- For the fetters which bind us can not be shaken off, before the conscience is emancipated.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
Antonyms for bind
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