tie or fasten (something) tightly together

they bound her hands and feet

the logs were bound together with ropes

stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass

mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them

clay is made up chiefly of tiny soil particles that bind together tightly

cause (people) to feel united

it's music that has bound us together

we have many ties that bind us—historical, cultural, and economical

impose a legal or contractual obligation on

a party who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms

the council should seek to bind the parties to a programme of environmental improvements

fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover

a small, fat volume, bound in red morocco

trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip

a frill with the edges bound in a contrasting colour

(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

(of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases)

a problematical situation

he is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute

a statutory constraint

the moral bind of the law