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bind
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Etymology
From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindan? (compare West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, German binden, Danish binde), from Proto-Indo-European *b?énd?-e-ti, from *b?end?- (“to tie”)
Compare Welsh benn (“cart”), Latin offend?x (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bend (“servant, henchman”), Ancient Greek ?????? (peîsma, “cable, rope”), Persian ????? (bastan, “to bind”), Sanskrit ?????? (bándhati). Doublet of bandana.
Verb
bind (third-person singular simple present binds, present participle binding, simple past bound, past participle bound or (archaic, rare) bounden)
- (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- unlocks their [clay's] binding Quality.
- (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- Synonyms: fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restrain
- (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- (transitive) To couple.
- (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- Synonyms: restrain, restrict, obligate
- (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
- Synonym: indenture
- (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
- (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
- Synonyms: bandage, dress
- (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation.
- (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
- (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
- (transitive, programming) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
- 2008, Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell (page 33)
- We bind the variable
n
to the value2
, andxs
to"abcd"
.
- We bind the variable
- 2008, Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell (page 33)
- (transitive, programming) To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- (Britain, dialect) To complain; to whine about something.
- (intransitive, LGBT) To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
bind (plural binds)
- That which binds or ties.
- A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:difficult situation
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
- The indurated clay of coal mines.
Derived terms
- bindweed
References
- bind at OneLook Dictionary Search
- bind in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- bind in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- INBD
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *bind-, from Proto-Indo-European *b?eyd?- (“to persuade, encourage; constrain”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ????? (peíth?, “to persuade, convince”), Illyrian *Bindus (“Illyrian Neptune”) and Thracian Bithus (Bithus, “theonym”).
Verb
bind (first-person singular past tense binda, participle bindur)
- to convince, persuade, amaze
- (archaic or chiefly dialectal) to perform magic, cast a spell, wonder, dazzle
Conjugation
Related terms
- be
- përbindësh
References
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
bind
- first-person singular present indicative of binden
- imperative of binden
Faroese
Etymology
From the verb binda.
Noun
bind n (genitive singular binds, plural bind)
- a book binding
- a book jacket or cover
- a book band
- a volume (single book of a publication)
- a bandage
- armlet, brassard
- a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)
- truss
Declension
German
Verb
bind
- singular imperative of binden
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of binden
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From the verb binde
Noun
bind n (definite singular bindet, indefinite plural bind, definite plural binda or bindene)
- a volume (single book of a published work)
- a sling (kind of hanging bandage)
- Han går med armen i bind
- a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)
Derived terms
- armbind
- supplementsbind
Etymology 2
Verb
bind
- imperative of binde
References
- “bind” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- bd. (abbreviation)
Etymology
From the verb binde.
Noun
bind n (definite singular bindet, indefinite plural bind, definite plural binda)
- a sanitary napkin (US) or sanitary towel (UK)
- a volume
- a bound book
- a single book in a multi-book format
- binding of a book
- Synonym: omslag
- a sling (kind of hanging bandage)
Derived terms
References
- “bind” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Verb
bind
- imperative of binda.
Wolof
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bind/
Verb
bind
- to write
- Jàngalekat jaa ngiy bind. - The teacher (here) is writing.
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compress
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English compressen, from Old French compresser, from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprim? (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + prem? (“press”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?mpr?s', IPA(key): /k?m?p??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Verb
compress (third-person singular simple present compresses, present participle compressing, simple past and past participle compressed)
- (transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.
- June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument
- events of centuries […] compressed within the compass of a single life
- 1810, William Melmoth (translator), Letters of Pliny
- The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues.
- June 17, 1825, Daniel Webster, Speech on the laying of the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monument
- (intransitive) To be pressed together or folded by compression into a more economic, easier format.
- (transitive) To condense into a more economic, easier format.
- (transitive) To abridge.
- (technology, transitive) To make digital information smaller by encoding it using fewer bits.
- (obsolete) To embrace sexually.
- 1727, Alexander Pope, Metamorphoses
- This Nymph compress'd by him who rules the day,
Whom Delphi and the Delian isle obey,
Andræmon lov'd; and , bless'd in all those charms
That pleas'd a God, succeeded to her arms
- This Nymph compress'd by him who rules the day,
- 1727, Alexander Pope, Metamorphoses
Synonyms
- (press together): compact, condense, pack, press, squash, squeeze; see also Thesaurus:compress
- (be pressed together): contract
- (condense, abridge): abridge, condense, shorten, truncate; see also Thesaurus:shorten
Antonyms
- (press together): expand
- (be pressed together): decontract
- (condense, abridge): expand, lengthen
- (make computing data smaller): uncompress
Derived terms
Related terms
- compression
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French compresse, from compresse (“to compress”), from Late Latin compressare (“to press hard/together”), from Latin compressus, the past participle of comprim? (“to compress”), itself from com- (“together”) + prem? (“press”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mp??s/
- (US) enPR: k?m'pr?s, IPA(key): /?k?mp??s/
Noun
compress (plural compresses)
- A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.
- A machine for compressing.
Related terms
- compression
Translations
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