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Adjective binding has 3 senses
- binding - executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract"
Antonym: invalid (indirect, via valid)
- binding, constricting - hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are uncomfortably binding"
Antonym: loose (indirect, via tight)
- binding, constipating - causing constipation
Antonym: laxative (indirect, via costive)
Noun binding has 4 senses
- binding - the capacity to attract and hold something
--1 is a kind of attraction, attractiveness
- binding - strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
--2 is a kind of sewing, stitchery
- dressing, bandaging, binding - the act of applying a bandage
--3 is a kind of medical care, medical aid
- binding, book binding, cover, back - the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
--4 is a kind of protective covering, protective cover, protection
--4 is a part of book, volume
--4 has particulars: half binding; three-quarter binding
Verb bind has 10 senses
- adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to - stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
--1 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- bind, tie, attach, bond - create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
--2 is one way to relate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
- bind - make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
--3 is one way to attach
Antonyms: unbind
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- bind, bandage - wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
--4 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tie down, tie up, bind, truss - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed"
--5 is one way to restrain, confine, hold
Sample sentence:
They want to bind the prisoners
- oblige, bind, hold, obligate - bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
--6 is one way to relate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- bind - form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
--7 is one way to adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- bind - provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
--8 is one way to cover
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tie, bind - fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
--9 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- constipate, bind - cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
--10 is one way to indispose
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody
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