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Band

//bænd// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from German.

Noun

1
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.; A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
"The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them."
2
A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
"musical band"
3
a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) wordnet
4
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.; A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
"band and gusset and seam"
5
A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.

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6
an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material wordnet
7
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.; A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
8
Ellipsis of marching band. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
9
a restraint put around something to hold it together wordnet
10
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.; A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
11
A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
"But in the mean time Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him."
12
a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) wordnet
13
A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
"sandstone with bands of shale"
14
A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
15
a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration wordnet
16
A strip of decoration.; A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
17
Ellipsis of band government. Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
18
a driving belt in machinery wordnet
19
A strip of decoration.; In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
20
jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger wordnet
21
That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
"For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them."
22
a stripe or stripes of contrasting color wordnet
23
A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
24
a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure wordnet
25
Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. in-plural
26
a range of frequencies between two limits wordnet
27
A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
28
an unofficial association of people or groups wordnet
29
A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
"valence band; conduction band"
30
instrumentalists not including string players wordnet
31
A bond. obsolete
"OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter, Haſt thou according to thy oath and band Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon: Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale, Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare, Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?"
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a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing wordnet
33
Pledge; security. obsolete
"He sent to her his basenet as a faithfull band."
34
A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it. US, especially
35
Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
36
Ellipsis of band cell. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
37
A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money in-plural, often, slang
"She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go"
38
A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.

Verb

1
To fasten with a band. transitive
"As he spake, his eyes rested on the graves below. "Yes," muttered the youth, "they are sufficient answer; they are indeed the end of all human hope." Mechanically he turned from one to another. Some were recently banded down with osiers, and the grass was varied with primrose roots; on some the foxglove grew luxuriantly, while others had a tombstone, carved with a name and a brief epitaph."
2
To group together for a common purpose; to confederate. intransitive
"And when it was day, certaine of the Iewes banded together, […]"
3
simple past and past participle of bind form-of, obsolete, participle, past
4
Obsolete form of bandy. alt-of, obsolete
5
attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify wordnet

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To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird). transitive
7
To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream. transitive
8
bind or tie together, as with a band wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).

Etymology 4

Etymology 5

* English, German and Jewish surname, from the noun Band (“hoop, metal ring”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Bond. * Also as a German surname, pet from of Bernhard. * As a Dutch surname, from the place name (die) Bant.

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