Entry Word: bind

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to confine or restrain with or as if with chains <prisons tend to bind convicted criminals for transport> <Angie feels bound to her boyfriend by love and loyalty>

Synonyms chain, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

Related Words lash, pinion, secure, tie, truss; attach, fasten, join, link; confine, constrain, curb, hamper, hinder, limit, restrict; entangle, tangle

Near Antonyms emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release, rescue; undo, unfasten, untangle, untie; detach, disengage

Antonyms unbind, unfetter

2 to cover with a bandage <bind the wound to stop the bleeding> — see bandage
3 to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord <bind the asparagus spears carefully before packing the bunches> — see tie 1