bind.

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

To cohere or stick together in a mass.

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

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

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

To exert a binding or restraining influence.

These are the ties that bind.

To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

To bind grain in bundles.

To bind a prisoner.

To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.

Gravity binds the planets to the sun.

Frost binds the earth.

To couple.

To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.

to bind the conscience.

To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

To place under legal obligation to serve.

To bind an apprenticeship.

To bound out to service.

To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.

To bind a belt about one.

To bind a compress upon a wound.

To cover, as with a bandage.

To bind up a wound.

To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation.

Certain drugs bind the bowels.

To put together in a cover, as of books.

The three novels were bound together.

To make two or more elements stick together.

To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.

To process one or more object modules into an executable program.

To complain; to whine about something.

To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.

I haven't binded since I got my top surgery.

I hear binder tech has improved since I last bound.

That which binds or ties.

A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.

Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.

A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.

the Maróczy Bind

The indurated clay of coal mines, or other overlying substances such as sandstone or shale.