What is the meaning of band?

noun

• An unofficial association of people or groups.
  • usage: "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
  • synonyms: set, circle, lot
• Instrumentalists not including string players.
• A stripe or stripes of contrasting color.
  • usage: "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
  • synonyms: banding, stria, striation
• An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material.
  • synonyms: banding, stripe
• A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing.
  • synonyms: dance band, dance orchestra
• A range of frequencies between two limits.
• A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body. )
• A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.
  • synonyms: isthmus
• Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger.
  • usage: "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"
  • synonyms: ring
• A driving belt in machinery.
• A thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration.
• A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration.
  • synonyms: ring
• A restraint put around something to hold it together.

verb

• Bind or tie together, as with a band.
• Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify.
  • usage: "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
  • synonyms: ring