Main Entry: ²band

Function: verb

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1 : to affix a band to or tie up with a band
2 : to finish or decorate with a band
3 : to gather together : unite <banded themselves together for protection>intransitive verb : to unite for a common purpose —often used with together <have banded together in hopes of attacking the blight that is common to them all — J. B. Conant>

— band·er noun