bind

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To tie or fasten something tightly with rope, string, or cord.

   They bound the prisoner's hands together.

2. 2
   verb

   To wrap something around in order to cover or protect it.

   The nurse bound the wound with a clean bandage.

3. 3
   verb

   To make someone obey a rule, promise, or agreement.

   We are bound by the rules we agreed upon.

Multiword verbs with bind

• bind off Phrasal verb B2

  to finish knitting by fastening the final row of stitches so they cannot unravel

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Simplified etymology

Bind is an Old English word from a Germanic root also found in band and bond. Bound in the sense “under an obligation,” as in duty-bound, developed simply as a past form of bind and is unrelated to bound meaning “leap,” “boundary,” or “heading toward.”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-West Germanic *bindan Old English bindan Middle English binden English bind From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). See also West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, binden, German binden, Danish binde; also Welsh ben (“cart”), Latin offendīx (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bind (“to convince, to awe, to spell”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα (peîsma,…

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