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verb
- To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
- To put together in a cover, as of books.
- To process one or more object modules into an executable program.
- To place under legal obligation to serve.
- To cover, as with a bandage.
- To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
- To make two or more elements stick together.
- To exert a binding or restraining influence.
- To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
- To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- To couple.
- To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
- To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
- To cohere or stick together in a mass.
- To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
- To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
- To complain; to whine about something.
- To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.
noun
- That which binds or ties.
- A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
- The indurated clay of coal mines.
- A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
- Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
- A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.
verb
- to confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone)
- to think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of
- to make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft, etc.)
- to conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request, or the like)
noun
- a privilege
- recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally upright or successful)
- a token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such as a prize or award given by the state to a citizen
- the center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon (compare honour point)
- the state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence of character; the perception of such a state; favourable reputation; dignity
- (courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank
- a cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
- a seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended
- the privilege of going first
- In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In some other games, an ace, king, queen or jack.
- the right to play one's ball before one's opponent.
noun
- The act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
- A social, legal, or moral requirement, duty, contract, or promise that compels someone to follow or avoid a particular course of action.
- A course of action imposed by society, law, or conscience by which someone is bound or restricted.
- A legal agreement stipulating a specified action or forbearance by a party to the agreement; the document containing such agreement.
- The fact of being obliged to, that is, grateful for, something.
adj
- in conformance with justice or law or morality
- being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north
- free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth
- correct in opinion or judgment
- of or belonging to the political or intellectual right
adv
- in accordance with moral or social standards
- precisely, exactly
- immediately
- completely
- toward or on the right; also used figuratively
- in the right manner; correctly; suitably
- an interjection expressing agreement; Yes, you are indeed correct
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
- to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent; Completely or entirely
- in an accurate manner
adj
- socially right or correct
- appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs
- in or into a satisfactory condition
- intended for the right hand
- in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure
- having the axis perpendicular to the base
- (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to face outward
- (informal) very; used informally as an intensifier
- most suitable or right for a particular purpose
- precisely accurate
noun
- an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature
- location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east
- the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
- those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged
- the hand that is on the right side of the body
- a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when the person is facing east
- anything in accord with principles of justice
- (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing
verb
noun
- Moral rule or aspect.
- A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
- Bernoulli's Principle
- An original faculty or endowment.
- A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
verb
verb
- To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To detain.
- To take place, to occur.
- In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To have and keep possession of something.
- Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- To contain or store.
- To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- To win one's own service game.
- To cause to wait or delay.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To grasp or grip.
- To reserve.
- To bear, carry, or manage.
- To keep oneself in a particular state.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
noun
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- Power over someone or something.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- An act or instance of holding.
- Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
- A position or grip used to control the opponent.
- The wager amount, the total hold.
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- The ability to persist.
- An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- Something reserved or kept.
- A grasp or grip.
- The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
- The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
verb
- To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- To come into gear with.
- To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
- To draw into conversation.
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- To enter into battle.
verb
noun
- A sacred act and the attendant ceremony, considered (theology) an outward sign of divine grace.
- A thing which is regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
- The Eucharist.
- The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
- The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
noun
- Moral strength and resolve.
- Material in the form of fibres.
- A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- A single piece of a given material, elongated and roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibres to form thread.
- A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- Said to be of a morphism over a global element: The pullback of the said morphism along the said global element.
- Dietary fibre.
- The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
verb
- To bestow; to confer.
- To guide or escort.
- To put in an appearance; show up.
- To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
- To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
- To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
- To reveal one's hand of cards.
- To display, to have somebody see (something).
- To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
noun
- An exhibition of items.
- A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
- A project or presentation.
- Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
- A play, dance, or other entertainment.
- A battle; local conflict.
- The major leagues.
- A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
- Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
- A demonstration.
- An agricultural show.
- A movie.
verb
- To adhere; to be attached.
- To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
- To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; with to.
- To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
- To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
noun
- Moral strength and resolve.
- A material whose length is at least 1000 times its width.
- A material in the form of fibers.
- A long tubular cell found in bodily tissue.
- The pullback of a morphism along a global element (called the fiber of the morphism over the global element).
- A kind of lightweight thread of execution.
- Dietary fiber.
- The preimage of a given point in the range of a map.
- A single elongated piece of a given material, roughly round in cross-section, often twisted with other fibers to form thread.
noun
- That which one is morally or legally obligated to do.
- The state of being at work and responsible for or doing a particular task.
- A tax placed on imports or exports; a tariff.
- The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
verb
- To bind by mutual agreement.
- To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- To breach (a security system).
- To find a way between extremes.
- To cause impairment of.
- To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
noun
- A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
- The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
- A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
verb
verb
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- demand payment
- move quickly and violently
- file a formal charge against
- make an accusatory claim
- fill or load to capacity
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- direct into a position for use
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- instruct or command with authority
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- saturate
noun
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- the price charged for some article or service
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a person committed to your care
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- request for payment of a debt
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
verb
- To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
- To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
- To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
noun
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A requirement or requisite.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- The state or quality.
- A particular state of being.
verb
- To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
- To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
- To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
- To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
- To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
- To arrive at an intended target; to land.
- To associate; to establish a relation between.
noun
adj
- bound by an oath
- (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
- bound by contract
- confined in the bowels
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- spring back; spring away from an impact
adj
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
noun
noun
- Someone who binds.
- Someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
- A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
- A program or routine that attaches malware to an existing harmless file on the target system.
- A software mechanism that performs binding.
- A dossier.
- A chemical or other substance that causes two other substances to form into one.
- Material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
- A protein binder.
- Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
- A rubber band.
- A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages, etc.
- A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.
noun
- An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
- A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
- A religious or spiritual belief system.
- A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
verb
- To bind oneself by.
- To accept (zero or more arguments).
- To seize or capture.
- To remove.
- To go.
- To become; to be affected in a specified way.
- To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
- To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
- To proceed to fill.
- To participate in.
- To let in (water).
- To move into.
- To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
- To assume (a form).
- To go into, through, or along.
- To apply oneself to the study of.
- To deal with.
- To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
- To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
- To have sex with.
- To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
- To obtain for use by payment or lease.
- To experience or feel.
- To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
- To carry or lead (something or someone).
- To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
- An intensifier.
- To require.
- To fill, to use up (time or space).
- To avail oneself of.
- To escort or conduct (a person).
- To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
- To receive into some relationship.
- To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
- To catch; to engage.
- To grasp or grip.
- To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
- To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
- To exact.
- To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
- To remove or end by death; to kill.
- To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
- To believe, to accept the statements of.
- To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
- To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
- To subtract.
- To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
- To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
- To perform (a role).
- To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
- To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).
- To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
- To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
- To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
- To accept and follow (advice, etc).
- To use as a means of transportation.
- To admit (a penis or the penis of) into one’s bodily cavity.
- To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
- To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
- To select or choose; to pick.
- To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
- To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
- To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
- To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
- To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
- To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
- To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
- To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
- To have the intended effect.
- To regard in a specified way.
- To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).
- To adopt (select) as one's own.
- To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
- To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
- To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
- To adhere or be absorbed properly.
- To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
- To understand (especially in a specified way).
- To have and use one's recourse to.
noun
- A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
- An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
- An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
- A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
- A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
- The or an act of taking.
- A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
- The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.
- Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
- The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
noun
- One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.
- One who conjures, a magician.
- A cooking appliance comprising a pot (large or small) with a gridiron wielded beneath it, like a brazier, used for cooking methods such as broiling.
- One who performs parlor tricks, sleight of hand.
verb
- To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
- To enter into a contract with.
- To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
- To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
- To betroth; to affiance.
- To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
- To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
- To gain or acquire (an illness).
- To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
noun
- An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
- An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
- An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
- The document containing such an agreement.
- A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
- The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
noun
- Moral or political duty or obligation.
- An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
- A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
- Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
- A physical connection which binds, a band.
- A peasant; churl.
- A binding agreement, a covenant.
- A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.
- In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
- A bail bond.
- A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
- A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
- A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
- Any constraining or cementing force or material.
- A mortgage.
verb
- To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
- To cause to adhere (one material with another).
- To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
- To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
- To bail out by means of a bail bond.
- To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
- To form a friendship or emotional connection.
- To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
- To form a chemical compound with.
adj
English words for 'To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.'
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