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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bind \Bind\, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly
     Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect
     tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden,
     Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for
     bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix.
     [root]90.]
     1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain,
        etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in
        bundles; to bind a prisoner.
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     2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or
        influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to
        the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
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              He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job
                                                    xxviii. 11.
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              Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.
                                                    --Luke xiii.
                                                    16.
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     3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --
        sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
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     4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by
        tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt
        about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
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     5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action;
        as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
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     6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge
        of a carpet or garment.
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     7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to
        bind a book.
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     8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law,
        duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to
        bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by
        affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
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              Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton.
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     9. (Law)
        (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations;
            esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
            --Abbott.
        (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to
            indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes
            with out; as, bound out to service.
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     To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to
        appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
  
     To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
        
  
     To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to
        absorb in.
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     Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Binding \Bind"ing\, a.
     That binds; obligatory.
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     Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.
        
  
     Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in
        double-framed flooring.
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     Syn: Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent;
          astringent; costive; styptic.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Binding \Bind"ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
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     2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or
        the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures
        the edge of cloth from raveling.
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     3. pl. (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other
        chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the
        parts of a vessel.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bind \Bind\, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly
     Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect
     tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden,
     Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for
     bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix.
     [root]90.]
     1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain,
        etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in
        bundles; to bind a prisoner.
  
     2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or
        influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to
        the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
  
              He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job
                                                    xxviii. 11.
  
              Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.
                                                    --Luke xiii.
                                                    16.
  
     3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; --
        sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
  
     4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by
        tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt
        about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
  
     5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action;
        as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
  
     6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge
        of a carpet or garment.
  
     7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to
        bind a book.
  
     8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law,
        duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to
        bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by
        affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
  
              Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton.
  
     9. (Law)
        (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations;
            esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
            --Abbott.
        (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to
            indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes
            with out; as, bound out to service.
  
     To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to
        appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
  
     To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
        
  
     To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to
        absorb in.
  
     Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Binding \Bind"ing\, a.
     That binds; obligatory.
  
     Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring.
        
  
     Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in
        double-framed flooring.
  
     Syn: Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent;
          astringent; costive; styptic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Binding \Bind"ing\, n.
     1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
  
     2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or
        the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures
        the edge of cloth from raveling.
  
     3. pl. (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other
        chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the
        parts of a vessel.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  binding
       adj 1: executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract"
       2: hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are
          uncomfortably binding" [syn: constricting]
       3: causing constipation [syn: constipating]
       n 1: the capacity to attract and hold something
       2: strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or
          decoration
       3: the act of applying a bandage [syn: dressing, bandaging]
       4: the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a
          leather binding" [syn: book binding, cover, back]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  binding
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το δέσιμο
     2 το δέσιμο ενός βιβλίου, η βιβλιοδεσία
     3 (ετ προγρ en)
  δέσμευση<ref>[http://www.cse.uoi.gr/~tsap/teaching/2016-cse205/lectures/lecture17/oop17.pdf
  Τεχνικές αντικειμενοστρεφούς προγραμματισμού], σελ. 24, Πανεπιστήμιο
  Ιωαννίνων. Πρόσβαση 2019-11-20</ref> ή σύνδεση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  binding
     Dutch n.
     1 (l en binding), tying, act of applying bonds to someone or of
  fastening something
     2 connection, bond, tie (gloss: association or commitment to someone
  or something)
     Faroese n.
     1 bond, fixation
     2 knitting
     3 (lb fo grammar) definiteness
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en bond), (l en tie)
     2 a (l en binding), (l en fastening)
     3 (q: psyschology) a (l en fixation)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  binding
     a.
     1 (lb en of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or
  requirements that must be honoured.
     2 (lb en of food) Having the effect#Noun of counteracting diarrhea.
     n.
     1 An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more
  things together.
     2 The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
     3 (lb en sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
     4 (lb en programming) The association of a named item with an element
  of a program.
     5 (lb en programming) The interface of a library with a programming
  language other than one it is written in.
     6 (lb en chemistry) The action or result of making two or more
  molecules stick together.
     vb.
     (present participle of en bind nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  binding
     Dutch n.
     1 (l en binding), tying, act of applying bonds to someone or of
  fastening something
     2 connection, bond, tie (gloss: association or commitment to someone
  or something)
     Faroese n.
     1 bond, fixation
     2 knitting
     3 (lb fo grammar) definiteness
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en bond), (l en tie)
     2 a (l en binding), (l en fastening)
     3 (q: psyschology) a (l en fixation)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  binding
     Dutch n.
     1 (l en binding), tying, act of applying bonds to someone or of
  fastening something
     2 connection, bond, tie (gloss: association or commitment to someone
  or something)
     Faroese n.
     1 bond, fixation
     2 knitting
     3 (lb fo grammar) definiteness
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     1 a (l en bond), (l en tie)
     2 a (l en binding), (l en fastening)
     3 (q: psyschology) a (l en fixation)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  binding
     Englanti a.
     sitova
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b ind ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  binding
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en bind ordform=prespart)
     Engelska n.
     bindning
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb bind)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  binding /bˈaɪndɪŋ/
  band

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Binding /bˈaɪndɪŋ/
  الغلاف