bind
• verb (past and past part. bound) 1 tie or fasten tightly together. 2 restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet. 3 wrap or encircle tightly. 4 hold in a united or cohesive group or mass. 5 impose a legal or contractual obligation on. 6 (be bound by) be hampered or constrained by. 7 (bind someone over) (of a court of law) require someone to fulfil an obligation, typically by paying a sum of money as surety. 8 secure (a contract), typically with a sum of money. 9 fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover. trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a fabric strip. • noun 1 informal an annoyance. 2 a statutory constraint. 3 Music another term for TIE. — ORIGIN Old English.
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