What is the meaning of bind?

noun

• Something that hinders as if with bonds.

verb

• Stick to firmly.
  • usage: "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall"
  • synonyms: adhere, hold fast, bond, stick, stick to
• Create social or emotional ties.
  • usage: "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
  • synonyms: tie, attach, bond
• Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.
  • usage: "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
• Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose.
  • synonyms: bandage
• Secure with or as if with ropes.
  • usage: "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
  • synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss
• Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.
  • usage: "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
  • synonyms: oblige, hold, obligate
• Provide with a binding.
  • usage: "bind the books in leather"
• Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.
  • usage: "They tied their victim to the chair"
  • synonyms: tie
• Form a chemical bond with.
  • usage: "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
• Cause to be constipated.
  • usage: "These foods tend to constipate you"
  • synonyms: constipate