bind

CEFRC1

/ˈbaɪ̯nd/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    stick to firmly.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

Examples

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

  • You must bind yourself to keep your promise.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbaɪ̯n/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To cohere or stick together in a mass.

  2. To tie; to confine by any ligature.

  3. To exert a binding or restraining influence.

More examples

In context

  • I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.

  • We’ll throw it in just to make the cheese more binding.

  • These are the ties that bind.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

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

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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.