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bind
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bind as in:  bind hands, a wound, or a people

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    The glue binds the two layers together.
    binds = holds together
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    The book's binding is coming loose.
    binding = the part of a book that holds the pages together
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    What can we use to bind them.†
    bind = hold
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    My ski bindings are too tight.†
    bindings = mechanical devices that hold skis to boots
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    He turned it over so I could read the binding. South Carolina Legal Reports 1889.  (source)
    binding = the cover that wraps a book and holds its pages together
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    It's only their common goal of staying alive that binds them.  (source)
    binds = holds together
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    A rich lady came to my father and told him to unbind her feet and mold them into more modern ones.†  (source)
    unbind = unwrap
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbind means not and reverses the meaning of bind. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He healeth the broken hearted, and bindeth up their wounds.†  (source)
    bindeth = holds together (connects or unites) or wraps
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "It bindeth" in older English, today we say "It binds."
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    Pasiphae would have counseled me to make a love draught and bind him to me.  (source)
    bind = connect or tie
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    His fingers brush my wrists and neck as he unbinds my hands and pulls off my gag.†  (source)
    unbinds = unwraps
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbinds means not and reverses the meaning of binds. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    "Mr. Hernandez," the officer said, unbinding his shoulders some more, "there doesn't seem to be any registration number on this rifle.†  (source)
    unbinding = unwrapping
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbinding means not and reverses the meaning of binding. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    The sword-blade began then, The blood having touched it, contracting and shriveling With battle-icicles; 'twas a wonderful marvel 50 That it melted entirely, likest to ice when The Father unbindeth the bond of the frost and Unwindeth the wave-bands, He who wieldeth dominion Of times and of tides: a truth-firm Creator.†  (source)
    unbindeth = unwrap
    standard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She unbindeth" in older English, today we say "She unbinds" or "She unties."
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    A perfectly good book ruined. Look at that broken binding and those foot marks all over it.  (source)
    binding = what holds book pages together
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bind as in:  a binding contract

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It is a binding contract.
binding = constraining (must be obeyed)
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    We agreed to binding arbitration.
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    It will bind the creature's hunger for three seasons of each year.  (source)
    bind = constrain
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    "Petrificus Totalus!" she cried, pointing it at Neville. Neville's arms snapped to his sides. His legs sprang together. His whole body rigid, he swayed where he stood and then fell flat on his face, stiff as a board. "It's the full Body-Bind," said Hermione miserably.  (source)
    Bind = tie up
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    The gun mount pressed against his neck, and countless strands of something were coiled around his body, binding him to the gun mount and the raft.  (source)
    binding = tying
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    Did you bind yourself to the Devil's service?  (source)
    bind = connect or obligate
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    The absurd does not liberate; it binds. — ALBERT CAMUS  (source)
    binds = constrains
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    Anne figured it out first—that Maxon was coming to see me—because I was always eager to get out of the binding clothes.  (source)
    binding = constraining (tight)
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    An' Candy'll send a hunderd dollars to bind her.  (source)
    bind = obligate
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    But I warn you, we have a law that binds us.  (source)
    binds = constrains
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    Dozens of black roses sprouted from the point of impact, their thorny stems wrapping themselves around Genevieve, pricking her skin and binding her fast.  (source)
    binding = tying
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    Meanwhile we bind him, but in such a way that in case of attack he can be released at once.  (source)
    bind = tie up
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    The law binds me, John, I cannot budge.  (source)
    binds = constrains
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    Between the inner hand and the wood was a crucifix, the set of beads on which it was fastened being around both wrists and wheel, and all kept fast by the binding cords.  (source)
    binding = for tying things up
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bind as in:  It put me in a bind.

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When she started to gossip, it put her friend in a bind.
bind = difficult situation
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    The Chinese move puts the U.S. administration in a bind.
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    We owe so much money it has put us in a financial bind.
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    She sought to bind me, but she has bound herself.  (source)
    bind = put into a difficult situation
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    It had to be a trick or you couldn't have done it. It's the bind we were in. We had to have a commander with.... But somebody with that much compassion could never be the killer we needed.  (source)
    bind = difficult situation
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    Because of Hegbert's requirement that only seniors perform, the play was in a bind that year.  (source)
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    I'm in a bind.  (source)
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    I'm sorry, Theo, I swear I am, but I'm really in a bind here, we need this money right now, this minute, we really do.  (source)
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    One afternoon he came to make a courtesy call, and I thought, Well, the man knows James is in a bind now, and he's come to have a look around.  (source)
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    They have dozens of Nathaniels, and while they appreciate my relationship with him, I know I'm putting them in a bind.  (source)
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    "The reason I'm calling," she began, "is that I'm kind of in a bind and I could use an extra pair of hands."  (source)
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    Howard's insistence that his horse would not run under more than 130 pounds had put track handicappers in a bind.  (source)
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    He was in a bind: in his mistresses' eyes, he bore the stigma of his love for Tereza; in Tereza's eyes, the stigma of his exploits with the mistresses.  (source)
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    You get in a bind, I come after you.  (source)
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