Tie, secure or attach

verb

1. To make secure by tying

   "His hands were bound with rope."

2. To confine, restrain, or restrict as if with bonds

   "… she was not wholly bound in mind by her middle-class existence"

3. To put under an obligation

   "binds himself with an oath"

4. To constrain with legal authority

   "The court's decision binds them to pay the fine."

5. To wrap around with something so as to enclose or cover

   "A silk sash bound her waist."

6. Bandage

   "bind their wounds"

7. To fasten round about

   "when wreaths of laurel bound them"

8. To tie together

   "binding the wheat into sheaves"

9. To cause to stick together

   "tuna and celery bound by mayonnaise"

10. To take up and hold (as by chemical forces) combine with

    "cellulose binds water"

11. Constipate

    "Cheese tends to bind him."

12. To make a firm commitment for

    "a handshake binds the deal"

13. To protect, strengthen, or decorate by a band or binding

    "a carpet bound with a gold edging"

14. To apply the parts of the cover to (a book)
15. To set at work as an apprentice indenture

    "He was bound out to a tailor for one year."

16. To cause to have an emotional attachment

    "the emotional ties that bind us"

17. To fasten together

    "a pin bound the ends of the scarf"

18. To form a cohesive mass

    "A little milk will help the ingredients bind."

19. To combine or be taken up especially by chemical action

    "antibody binds to a specific antigen"

20. To hamper free movement or natural action

    "shorts that are guaranteed not to bind"

21. To become hindered from free operation

    "Rust caused the door to bind in its frame."

22. To exert a restraining or compelling effect

    "a promise that binds"

noun

1. Something that binds
2. The act of binding} {bcthe state of being bound
3. A place where binding occurs
4. Tie
5. A position or situation in which one is hampered, constrained, or prevented from free movement or action

   "got a bind on his opponent"

verb

1. To cast off in knitting

verb

1. To put under a bond to do something (such as to appear in court)

noun

1. A psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no appropriate response to be made