| bind | (noun) something that hinders as if with bonds | - |
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| (verb) cause to be constipated | Synonyms: constipate |
| (verb) form a chemical bond with | - |
| (verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted | Synonyms: hold, obligate, oblige |
| (verb) make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope | - |
| (verb) fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord | Synonyms: tie |
| (verb) provide with a binding | - |
| (verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to |
| (verb) secure with or as if with ropes | Synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss |
| (verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | Synonyms: bandage |
| (verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: attach, bond, tie |
| bindable | (adjective) capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond | Synonyms: bondable |
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| binder | (noun) something used to tie or bind | Synonyms: ligature |
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| (noun) holds loose papers or magazines | Synonyms: ring-binder |
| (noun) a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves | Synonyms: reaper binder |
| (noun) something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface | - |
| bindery | (noun) a workshop where books are bound | - |
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| binding | (adjective) executed with proper legal authority | - |
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| (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, dressing |
| (noun) the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book | Synonyms: back, book binding, cover |
| (noun) strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration | - |
| (noun) one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall | Synonyms: ski binding |
| (noun) the capacity to attract and hold something | - |
| bindweed | (noun) any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit | - |
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| bookbinder | (noun) a worker whose trade is binding books | - |
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| bookbindery | (noun) a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books | - |
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| bookbinding | (noun) the craft of binding books | - |
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| highbinder | (noun) a corrupt politician | - |
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| rebind | (verb) provide with a new binding | - |
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| spellbind | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: entrance |
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| (verb) attract strongly, as if with a magnet | Synonyms: bewitch, magnetise, magnetize, mesmerise, mesmerize |
| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, grip, transfix |
| spellbinder | (noun) an orator who can hold his listeners spellbound | - |
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| spellbinding | (adjective) attracting and holding interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: hypnotic, mesmeric, mesmerizing |
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| unbind | (verb) untie or unfasten | - |
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