bind

1. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.Examples: "They that reap must sheaf and bind."intransitive

2. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.Examples: "We’ll throw it in just to make the cheese more binding."; "unlocks their [clay’s] binding Quality."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.Examples: "I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while."intransitive

4. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.Examples: "These are the ties that bind."intransitive

5. (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.Examples: "To bind grain in bundles."; "To bind a prisoner."Synonyms: fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restraintransitive

6. (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.Examples: "Gravity binds the planets to the sun."; "Frost binds the earth."; "He bindeth the flouds from ouerflowing, and the thing that is hid, bringeth he foorth to light."Synonyms: curtail, restrain, behedge, guard, bind, chasten, check, containtransitive