bind

English

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Etymology

From Old English bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindanan (compare West Frisian bine, Dutch/German binden), from Proto-Indo-European *bhendh- 'to tie' (compare Welsh benn 'cart', Latin offendīx 'knot, band', Lithuanian beñdras 'partner', Ancient Greek peîsma 'cable, rope', Sanskrit badhnāti 'he binds').

Pronunciation

• IPA: /baɪnd/

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• Rhymes: -aɪnd

Noun

bind (plural binds)

1. That which binds or ties.
2. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
3. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
4. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:difficult situation

Verb

bind (third-person singular simple present binds, present participle binding, simple past bound, past participle bound or rarely bounden)

1. To connect
2. To couple
3. To put together in a cover, as of books
4. (computing) to associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name with the content of a storage location

Translations

connect

Arabic: ربط (ar) (rabaTa) Bulgarian: свързвам (bg) Chinese: 捆 (cmn) (kǔn), 包扎 (cmn) (bāozā), trad. 綁, simpl. 绑 (pinyin: bǎng) Crimean Tatar: bint Czech: vázat (by a promise) Dutch: binden (nl), verbinden (nl), koppelen (nl) Esperanto: ligi (eo) Finnish: sitoa (fi), yhdistää (fi) French: relier (livre) German: verbinden, konnektieren Hungarian: összeköt (hu) Ido: bindar Indonesian: ikat, sambung, hubung Italian: to connect: legare, to couple: connettere, to produce a book: rilegare

Japanese: 繋ぐ (つなぐ, tsunagu), 繋げる (つなげる, tsunageru), 縛る (ja) (shibaru), 結ぶ (ja) (musubu) Latin: cōnectō (la), iungō (la), nectō (la), teneo (la) Norwegian: binde (no) Old Church Slavonic: вѧсти (vęsti) Portuguese: conectar (pt), juntar (pt), copular (pt), ligar (pt) Romanian: cuplare , conectare , legare Russian: (imperfective) вязать (ru) (vjazát'), (imperfective) связывать (ru) (svjázyvat'), (perfective) связать (ru) (svjazát') Scottish Gaelic: cuibhrich (gd), naisg (gd), (sheaves) sguab (gd) Spanish: atar (tie), empastar (books) Turkish: bağlamak (tr) Vietnamese: kết hợp (vi), liên kết (vi), nối (vi)

couple

Bulgarian: връзвам (bg), приързвам (bg) Czech: spojit (cs) German: verbinden (de)

Turkish: birleştirmek (tr) Vietnamese: ghép cặp (vi), ghép đôi (vi)

put together in a cover, as of books

Bulgarian: подвързвам (bg) Czech: svázat (cs) Esperanto: bindi (eo) German: (z.B. ein Buch) binden (de)

Portuguese: encapar (pt) Russian: переплета́ть (ru) (perepletát'), переплести́ (ru) (pereplestí) Turkish: ciltlemek (tr) Vietnamese: buộc (vi), cột (vi), trói (vi)

Derived terms

• bindweed

References

• bind in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• bind in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• INBD

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Verb

bind

1. first-person singular present indicative of binden.
2. imperative of binden.

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɪn/, X-SAMPA: /bIn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

bind n.

1. volume (a single book of a publication)
2. sling (a kind of hanging bandage)

   Han går med armen i bind

3. sanitary napkin

Inflection

    Inflection of bind

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål n	bind	bindet	bind	binda/bindene
Nynorsk n	bind	bindet	bind	binda [bindi]

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Swedish

Verb

bind

1. imperative of binda.