bind

Meanings

• something that hinders as if with bonds
• stick to firmly
• create social or emotional ties
• make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
  • "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
• wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
• secure with or as if with ropes
• bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
• provide with a binding
  • "bind the books in leather"
• fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
• form a chemical bond with
  • "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
• cause to be constipated

Synonyms

adhere, attach, bandage, bond, constipate, hold, hold fast, obligate, oblige, stick, stick to, tie, tie down, tie up, truss