Usually means: Attach or secure with a tie.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. bind: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. bind: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bind: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bind: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bind: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bind, bind: Wordnik
  7. bind: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. bind: Wiktionary
  9. bind: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. bind: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. bind: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. BIND: Dictionary.com
  13. bind: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. bind: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. BIND, Bind (caste), Bind (disambiguation), Bind (higher-order function), Bind: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Bind: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. bind: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. bind: Rhymezone
  19. bind: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. bind: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. BIND: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. bind: Free Dictionary
  23. bind: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. bind: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. bind: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. bind: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bind: Lexicon of Linguistics
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)
  3. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. bind: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. bind: Legal dictionary
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. bind: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary
  2. BIND: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  3. BIND: Netlingo
  4. BIND: CCI Computer
  5. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  6. Webopedia (No longer online)
  7. BIND: Hacking Lexicon
  8. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  9. bind: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. bind: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. BIND: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. bind: Idioms

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Religious Tolerance (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. bind: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. bind: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bind: Chess Dictionary
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Bind: Sports Definitions

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. bind: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. Book Binding (No longer online)
  3. Sandahl, Middle English Sea Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
verb:  (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
verb:  (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
verb:  (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
verb:  (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
verb:  (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
verb:  (transitive) To couple.
verb:  (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
verb:  (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
verb:  (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
verb:  (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
verb:  (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
verb:  (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation.
verb:  (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
verb:  (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
verb:  (transitive, programming) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
verb:  (transitive, programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
verb:  (UK, dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
verb:  (intransitive, LGBT) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
noun:  That which binds or ties.
noun:  A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
noun:  Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
noun:  (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
noun:  (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
noun:  The indurated clay of coal mines.

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