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/baɪnd/ · bind
noun
- That which binds or ties. The rope served as a strong bind for the bundle of firewood.
- A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. She found herself in a bind when the deadline and the power outage coincided.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. The garden was covered with a thick bind of ivy that crept up the walls.
verb
- To tie; to confine by any ligature. He bound the packages with sturdy twine before shipping them.
- To cohere or stick together in a mass. The melted cheese begins to bind, forming a smooth sauce.
- To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. The sewing machine binds up whenever the thread tension is too high.
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Did you know? In legal contexts, a "binding precedent" obliges lower courts to follow earlier decisions, a usage that dates back to the 17th‑century notion of a decision that 'binds' future rulings.