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bind

noun

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1 a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

with our vacation week fast approaching, and no arrangements for the care of our pets, we were in a serious bind

Synonyms of bind

box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot [chiefly West], jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp

Words Related to bind

difficulty, node

hot water, soup

pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble

deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill

clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait

Phrases Synonymous with bind

kettle of fish

2 something that physically prevents free movement

the store owner held the would-be burglar in a makeshift bind until the police officers could arrive

Synonyms of bind

band, bond, bracelet, chain, cuff(s), fetter, handcuff(s), irons, ligature, manacle(s), shackle

Words Related to bind

captivity, confinement, constraint, curb, enchainment, enslavement, hindrance, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint, restriction

entanglement, net, trammel, trap

collar, straitjacket (also straightjacket)

fastener, hobble, hold, hold-down, holding, tie

bind

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bind

1 to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

prisons tend to bind convicted criminals for transport

Synonyms of bind

chain, enchain, enfetter, fetter, gyve, handcuff, manacle, pinion, shackle, trammel

Words Related to bind

bit, hobble, hog-tie, iron, lash, secure, tie, truss

attach, fasten, join, link

confine, constrain, curb, hamper, hinder, impede

limit, restrict

entangle, tangle

Near Antonyms of bind

emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release, rescue

undo, unfasten, untangle, untie

detach, disengage

Antonyms of bind

unbind, unfetter, unshackle

2 to cover with a bandage

bind the wound to stop the bleeding

Synonyms of bind

bandage, dress, swathe

Words Related to bind

attend, care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, treat

cure, heal, mend, rehabilitate, remedy

Near Antonyms of bind

unbandage

3 to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord

bind the asparagus spears carefully before packing the bunches

Synonyms of bind

band, tie, truss

Words Related to bind

cinch, cord, rope, strap, thread, wire

gird, girt

lash, leash, tether

interlace, intertwine, interweave, lace

entangle, knot, snarl, tangle, twist

coil, wind

Near Antonyms of bind

undo, unfasten, unlace, unlash, unloose, unloosen, unstrap, unstring, unthread

unleash, untether

disentangle, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist

uncoil, unspool, unwind

Antonyms of bind

unbind, untie

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