Available Definitions:
1) p. p & a. - Bound; fastened by bonds.
2) p. p & a. - Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden.
3) p. p & a. - Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding.
4) v. t. - To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
5) v. t. - To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
6) v. t. - To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
7) v. t. - To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
8) v. t. - Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
9) v. t. - To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
10) v. t. - To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
11) v. i. - To tie; to confine by any ligature.
12) v. i. - To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.
13) v. i. - To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
14) v. i. - To exert a binding or restraining influence.
15) n. - That which binds or ties.
16) n. - Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
17) n. - Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.
18) n. - A ligature or tie for grouping notes.