All 50 Uses of
bind
in
The Name of the Wind
- A dozen dozen sympathetic bindings.†
p. 77.1bindings = things that hold other things together, or wrap or cover or tie something
- He would say that I knew by heart the first ninety sympathetic bindings.†
p. 229.2
- I reviewed the first thirty sympathetic bindings in my head as the theater filled with anxious students.†
p. 248.9 *
- Today, first-term student Kvothe, not of the Arcanum, did perform sympathetic bindings on me with malicious intent.†
p. 264.0
- I spoke my bindings clearly and focused my Alar.†
p. 585.8
- He refused to teach me the advanced bindings.†
p. 616.5
- There are advanced bindings?†
p. 616.5
- The advanced sympathetic bindings, the nature of names.†
p. 616.6
- CHAPTER ELEVEN — The Binding of Iron†
p. 73.0
- It's called the Sympathetic Binding of Parallel Motion.†
p. 76.1
- The rest of that day was spent experimenting with the simple sympathetic binding Abenthy had taught me.†
p. 76.4
- The first being this: attacking a member of the Arcanum skilled enough to make a binding of iron is foolish.†
p. 93.8
- I'd bind it to the water in the kettle, and use the heat in the stone to bring the water to boil.†
p. 97.0
- I'd bind it to the bird and lather it with lye soap.†
p. 97.8
- What kind of binding?†
p. 97.8
- I drew in a deep breath and spoke the words to bind the air in my lungs to the air outside.†
p. 98.3
- Unwrapping it, I recognized the book's binding.†
p. 109.6
- You were just surprised, but you only tried to bind me.†
p. 121.3
- It depends entirely on how well one makes the binding.†
p. 125.0
- Silanxi, I bind you.†
p. 178.3
- For him to attempt to bind Selitos by his name would be as fruitless as a boy attacking a soldier with a willow stick.†
p. 178.4 *
- But Selitos still felt the fetters of enchantment binding him.†
p. 178.9
- He cast the stone at Lanre's feet and said, "By the power of my own blood I bind you.†
p. 181.3
- Bind him.†
p. 189.8
- CHAPTER THIRTY — The Broken Binding†
p. 196.0
- THE SIGN OVER THE doorpost read: THE BROKEN BINDING.†
p. 196.1
- He leafed through it professionally, feeling the paper between his fingers, checking the binding.†
p. 196.3
- The Broken Binding, on Seaward Square.†
p. 228.9
- Then I would bind it to—†
p. 232.2
- What are the words for the first parallel kinetic binding?†
p. 232.7
- What was the binding that Master Kilvin used just a moment ago?†
p. 232.7
- I have a receipt from the Broken Binding.†
p. 238.7
- He knew that without the appropriate binding and properly focused Alar, all the wax and hair in the world wouldn't do one whit of good.†
p. 259.0
- Of course I did know the binding.†
p. 259.2
- I broke my mind into two pieces, one binding Hemme and the doll together, the other connecting the candle and the brazier.†
p. 259.8
- I made a second binding between the candle and a brazier to illustrate the Law of Conservation.†
p. 266.8
- I'm afraid proof of mastery requires more than a simple sympathetic binding.†
p. 268.6
- "A double binding," Kilvin corrected gruffly.†
p. 268.6
- I can think of students currently enrolled in the Arcanum who would be hard pressed to complete a double binding, let alone draw enough heat to 'blister a man's foot to the knee.'†
p. 268.7
- Ule and doch are Both for binding Reh for seeking Kel for finding Gea key Teh lock Pesin water Resin rock Before I could go any further, sixth bell struck.†
p. 337.4
- Then, still devoting most of my mind to the protection of my candle, I muttered a binding between my candle and his.†
p. 345.6
- "Foolish," Master Dal murmured a binding for heat.†
p. 346.8
- I marveled at the master's casual execution of a six-way binding.†
p. 434.3
- Knowing I'd drawn blood, I smeared my thumb across the glass and spoke a binding.†
p. 449.0
- Quite impressive, to unbind what I have wrought with nothing more than blood.†
p. 457.9unbind = unwrapstandard 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.
- I went limp, hoping to lull him, then concentrated and muttered a binding against the man's thick hand.†
p. 475.6
- I bent to pick up a piece of charred shingle and muttered a binding under my breath.†
p. 517.6
- I murmured a binding and focused my Mar.†
p. 583.9
- Then I concentrated, muttered another bind ing, and held the oak twig above the flame.†
p. 584.9
- Nothing less than a triple binding would do for this.†
p. 585.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(bind as in: bind hands, a wound, or a people) to tie, hold, or unite together; or something that does so
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(2)
(bind as in: a binding contract) constrain or require
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(3)
(bind as in: It put me in a bind.) a difficult situation
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
For more specialized senses of bind, see a comprehensive dictionary. For example, the word can refer to constipation and has specialized meanings in law, chemistry, logic, and linguistics.