How do you use the word "bind" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "bind": I'm forever lost, can't you see? I'm in a bind! You must bind yourself to keep your promise.

Bind Meaning

/ˈbaɪ̯nd/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo tie; to confine by any ligature.

verbTo cohere or stick together in a mass.

Sentence Examples

I'm forever lost, can't you see? I'm in a bind!

You must bind yourself to keep your promise.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

tie stick bond

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

To keep the pages together, the bookbinder will ____ them with strong glue.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I will use this strong rope to ____ the heavy extra logs together.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-West Germanic *bindan Old English bindan Middle English binden English bind From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). See also West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, binden, German binden, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk binde, Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish binda; also Welsh ben (“cart”), Latin offendīx (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bind (“to convince, to awe, to spell”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα (peîsma, “cable, rope”), Persian بستن (bastan, “to bind”), Sanskrit बन्धति (bándhati). Doublet of bandana.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"They that reap must sheaf and bind." — c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

"unlocks their [clay’s] binding Quality." — 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:

"He bindeth the flouds from ouerflowing, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he foorth to light." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 28:11:

"And ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, loe these eighteene yeeres, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?" — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 13:16:

"I am much bounden to your Maieſty." — c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 11, column 2:

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