Usually means: Connects, secures, or restricts elements.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. binds: Merriam-Webster
  2. binds: Collins English Dictionary
  3. binds: Vocabulary.com
  4. Binds, binds: Wordnik
  5. binds: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. binds: Wiktionary
  7. binds: Dictionary.com
  8. binds: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. binds: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. binds: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. binds: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. binds: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. binds: Medical dictionary

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  1. binds: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bind)

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, LGBTQ) 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:  (countable) That which binds or ties.
noun:  (countable) 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, countable) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
noun:  (chess, countable) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
noun:  The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.
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