A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

A strip of decoration.

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

(in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

"valence band;  conduction band"

A bond.

Pledge; security.

A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc

Short for band cell.

(hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

To fasten with a band.

To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

A marching band.

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).

A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.

A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

To cohere or stick together in a mass.

"Just to make the cheese more binding"

To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

"I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while."

To exert a binding or restraining influence.

"These are the ties that bind."

To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

"to bind grain in bundles  to bind a prisoner"

To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.

"Frost binds the earth."

To couple.

To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.

"to bind the conscience  to bind by kindness  bound by affection  commerce binds nations to each other"

To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

To place under legal obligation to serve.

"to bind an apprentice  bound out to service"

To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.

"to bind a belt about one  to bind a compress upon a wound"

To cover, as with a bandage.

"to bind up a wound"

To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation.

"Certain drugs bind the bowels."

To put together in a cover, as of books.

"The three novels were bound together."

To make two or more elements stick together.

To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.

To complain; to whine about something.