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   bind

   /bʌɪnd/

   verb

   • 1. tie or fasten (something) tightly together: "they bound her hands and feet" Similar tietie upfasten (together)hold togethersecuremake fastattachropestraplashtrusstetherhitchchainfetterpinionshacklehobblemoorOpposite untierelease
   • ▪ restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet: "the raider then bound and gagged Mr Glenn"
   • ▪ wrap (something) tightly: "her hair was bound up in a towel"
   • ▪ bandage (a wound): "he cleaned the wound and bound it up with a clean dressing" Similar bandagedresscoverwrapswatheswaddlestrap uptape up
   • ▪ (of an object) be encircled by something, typically metal bands, so as to have greater strength: "an ancient oak chest bound with brass braces"
   • 2. stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass: "mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them" Similar stickcohere
   • ▪ cause (painting pigments) to form a smooth medium by mixing them with oil.
   • ▪ hold by chemical bonding: "a protein in a form that can bind DNA"
   • ▪ (of a food or medicine) make (someone) constipated: "eating foods that are low in fibre can bind you up"
   • 3. cause (people) to feel united: "it's music that has bound us together" Similar unitejoinbondknit togetherdraw togetheryoke togetherOpposite separate
   • 4. impose a legal or contractual obligation on: "a party who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms"
   • ▪ be hampered or constrained by: "Sarah did not want to be bound by a rigid timetable" Similar constrainrestrictconfinerestraintie hand and foottie downshacklehamperhinderinhibitcramp someone's styleliterary:trammel
   • ▪ make a contractual or enforceable undertaking: formal "the government cannot bind itself as to the form of subsequent legislation" Similar commit oneselfundertakegive an undertakingpledgevowpromisesweargive one's word
   • ▪ indenture (someone) as an apprentice: "he was bound apprentice at the age of sixteen"
   • 5. fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover: "a small, fat volume, bound in red morocco"
   • 6. trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip: "a frill with the edges bound in a contrasting colour" Similar trimhemedgeborderfringerimbandfinisharchaic:purfle
   • 7. (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope. For example, in an expression of the form ‘For every x, if x is a dog, x is an animal’, the universal quantifier is binding the variable x.
   • 8. (of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases).

   noun

   • 1. a problematical situation: "he is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute" Similar predicamentawkward situationquandarydilemmaplightdifficult situationcleft stickmessquagmireimpassedouble bindinformal:spottight spothole
   • ▪ a nuisance: informal British "the travelling can be a bit of a bind" Similar nuisanceannoyanceinconvenienceborebothersource of irritationirritantproblemtrialinformal:painpain in the neckpain in the backsideheadachehassledragaggravationpestpain in the buttfair cownarkvulgar slang:pain in the arsepain in the assdated:infliction
   • 2. a statutory constraint: formal "the moral bind of the law"
   • 3. another term for tie
   • 4. another term for bine

   Word Origin Old Englishbindan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German binden, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bandh.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › bindBind Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Jul 15, 2024 · How to use bind in a sentence. to make secure by tying; to confine, restrain, or restrict as if with bonds; to put under an obligation… See the full definition

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   2 days ago · A double bind is a dilemma in communication in which an individual (or group) receives two or more reciprocally conflicting messages. In some scenarios (e.g. within families or romantic relationships) this can be emotionally distressing, creating a situation in which a successful response to one message results in a failed response to the other ...

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   What does bind over mean?

   • Other forms: binding over; binds over Definitions of bind over verb order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her “The defendant was bound overfor trial” see moresee less type of: confine, detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement Cite this entry Style: MLA MLA APA Chicago Copy citation

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   What is a bind function?

   • Most significantly, because the value of the IO monad can only be bound to a function that computes another IO monad, the bind function imposes a discipline of a sequence of actions where the result of an action can only be provided to a function that will compute the next action to perform.

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   What is a double bind?

   • In this sense, the double bind differentiates itself from a simple contradiction to a more inexpressible internal conflict, where the subject really wants to meet the demands of the primary injunction, but fails each time through an inability to address the situation's incompatibility with the demands of the secondary injunction.

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   Should bind be used openly?

   • Although using bind openly often makes sense, many programmers prefer a syntax that mimics imperative statements (called do-notation in Haskell, perform-notation in OCaml, computation expressions in F#, and for comprehension in Scala ).

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7. bobcares.com › blog › bind9-debian-12How to Set up Bind9 on Debian 12? - Bobcares

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   5 days ago · What is Bind? Thanks to its optimal efficiency and reliability, Unix/Linux systems often employ the feature-rich, open-source DNS software BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain). To run official servers and a caching DNS server, many businesses use Bind, which can be downloaded for free.

8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Monad_(functional_programming)Monad (functional programming) - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · Monad (functional programming) In functional programming, a monad is a structure that combines program fragments ( functions) and wraps their return values in a type with additional computation. In addition to defining a wrapping monadic type, monads define two operators: one to wrap a value in the monad type, and another to compose together ...

9. twominenglish.com › in-a-bindIn a Bind Idiom Definition

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   Jul 16, 2024 · From Physical Restraint to Idiomatic Expression. “In a bind” once meant actually being bound or tied up, showing a lack of freedom. As time went on, this phrase changed. Language development let it move beyond its original meaning. Now, it often talks about feeling stuck in situations, not literally being tied.

10. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › bind overBind over - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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    5 days ago · bind over: 1 v order a defendant to be placed in custody pending the outcome of a proceedings against him or her “The defendant was bound over for trial” Type of: confine , detain deprive of freedom; take into confinement