Bind

//baɪnd//

Synonyms for "bind" (387 found)

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Closest matches (78)

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Verb(20 words)

clinch constipate contain cork curb curtail dampen dress fasten fetter guard hamshackle hitch hold hold back hold down hold fast indenture inhibit inosculate

clog clog up clutch combine commit compel complication confirm congest connect constrain contract cork correlate couple cover crunch dam dam up delay

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Noun(9 words)

cross cross to bear difficult situation difficulty dilemma dire straits doghouse fix hole

Related words (193)

Noun(19 words)

jam kettle of fish liement ordeal pickle pinch plight predicament quagmire quandary situation sophie's choice spot spot of bother state sticky situation sticky wicket tight spot trouble

join knit lace lacing lag lagging lap lash leash liement line link list lock logjam make make fast make imperative make incumbent manacle

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march marge margin marginate mess mix moor morass moratorium obligate obstipate obstruct obstruction ordeal pack paperasserie parallel parallelize parlous straits pass paste pause peg peg down perplexity picket pickle pin down pinch pinion pledge plight plug plug up predicament pretty pass pretty pickle pretty predicament purfle purl put in irons quagmire quicksand red tape red-tapeism red-tapery relate relativize reprieve require respite retardance retardation rim ring rope saddle with scrape secure seize set off sewing shackle shake hands on side skirt slough slow up slow-up slowdown slowness solder spile splice spot squeeze stanch stay stay of execution stench stew stick stick together sticky wicket stop stop up stoppage stopper stopple strait straitjacket straits strap stuff stuff up suspension swaddle swamp swathe tack take the vows tape tether tie up tie-up tight spot tight squeeze tightrope time lag trammel trial tricky spot trim truss undertake unholy mess unify use force upon verge vexation wait wed weld wire wrap wrap up wreathe

Verb(27 words)

join knot limit make fast oblige repress screw shackle smother stay stick stick to stifle stop straiten subdue suppress throttle tie down tie up

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tighten truss underbring vanquish wind up withhold withstrain

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

10 relation types

More general

24 entries

adhere attach balk baulk bond check confine constrain cover deterrent fasten fix handicap hinderance hindrance hold

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Antonyms

1 entries

unbind

Synonyms

9 entries

adhere bandage constipate fetter indenture oblige restrain tie tie down

dbpedia genre

1 entries

name server

derived

43 entries

GTP-binding protein Maróczy bind bellbind bind hand and foot bind off bind on equip bind on pickup bind over bind rune bind spell bind to bind up bind up in bindable bindee binder

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has context

7 entries

chemistry chess computing dialect law music uk

is a

3 entries

hindrance software way to secure things together

manner of

5 entries

adhere attach cover fasten relate

related to

20 entries

bind book bine bookbinder bookbinding clay coal mine complain couple fasten hop identifier indurated ligature predicament problem quandary

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similar

5 entries

adhere cleave cling cohere stick

Translations

228 translations across 80 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

bind verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Albanian

2 entries

lidh verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
lidh verb (transitive connect)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

δέω verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
δέω verb (transitive connect)
δέω verb (transitive couple)

Arabic

4 entries

أَسَرَ verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
ربط verb (transitive connect)
رَبَطَ verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
رَبَطَ verb (transitive connect)

Armenian

1 entries

կապել verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Basque

1 entries

lotu verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Belarusian

3 entries

вяза́ць verb (transitive connect)
звя́зваць verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
звяза́ць verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Bulgarian

4 entries

връзка noun (that which binds)
затруднение noun (troublesome situation)
звено noun (that which binds)
свръзка noun (that which binds)

Burmese

2 entries

ချည် verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
တုပ် verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Catalan

4 entries

enquadernar verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
lligar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
lligar verb (transitive connect)
nugar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

紮 /扎 verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
綁 /绑 verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
裝訂 /装订 verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

捆 verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
結合 /结合 verb (transitive connect)
綁 /绑 verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
縛 /缚 verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

bint verb (transitive connect)

Czech

3 entries

spojit verb (transitive couple)
svázat verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
vázat verb (transitive connect)

Danish

2 entries

binde verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
forbinde verb (transitive connect)

Dutch

4 entries

binden verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
binden verb (transitive connect)
koppelen verb (transitive connect)
verbinden verb (transitive connect)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

縛 /缚 verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Esperanto

4 entries

bindi verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
bindi verb (transitive, programming to process object modules into a program)
ligi verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
ligi verb (transitive connect)

Faroese

1 entries

binda verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Finnish

4 entries

kytkeä verb (transitive couple)
sitoa verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
sitoa verb (transitive connect)
sitoa verb (transitive couple)

French

4 entries

attacher verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
connecter verb (transitive connect)
coupler verb (transitive couple)
lier verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Friulian

1 entries

leâ verb (transitive connect)

Galician

2 entries

amarrar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
atar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

German

4 entries

Fessel noun (that which binds)
Zwickmühle noun (troublesome situation)
(z.B. ein Buch) binden verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
binden verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Greek

2 entries

βιβλιοδετώ verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
δένω verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Hindi

1 entries

छांदना verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Hungarian

1 entries

összeköt verb (transitive connect)

Icelandic

1 entries

binda verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Ido

1 entries

bindar verb (transitive connect)

Indonesian

3 entries

hubung verb (transitive connect)
ikat verb (transitive connect)
sambung verb (transitive connect)

Irish

1 entries

cuibhrigh verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Italian

3 entries

connettere verb (transitive couple)
legare verb (transitive connect)
rilegare verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)

Japanese

4 entries

結ぶ verb (transitive connect)
綴じる verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
縛る verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
縛る verb (transitive connect)

Kazakh

2 entries

байланыстыру verb (transitive connect)
мұқабалау verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)

Khmer

1 entries

ចង verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Korean

1 entries

묶다 verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Lao

1 entries

ຈອງ verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Latin

4 entries

cōnectō verb (transitive connect)
iungō verb (transitive connect)
ligō verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
nectō verb (transitive connect)

Lithuanian

1 entries

rišti verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)

Low German

1 entries

binnen verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Malay

1 entries

ikat verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Middle Dutch

1 entries

binden verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Middle English

1 entries

binden verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Middle High German

1 entries

binden verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Middle Low German

1 entries

binden verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Mongolian

1 entries

уях verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Māori

4 entries

paihere verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
rona verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
tauwhere verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
whakarorerore verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

North Frisian

4 entries

bin verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
bine verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
binj verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
ferbine verb (transitive connect)

Norwegian

2 entries

binde verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
binde verb (transitive connect)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

binda verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Occitan

4 entries

bendar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
cinglar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
cordar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
ligar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries

вѧсти verb (transitive connect)

Old English

1 entries

bindan verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Old Frisian

1 entries

binda verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Old High German

1 entries

bintan verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Old Norse

1 entries

binda verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Old Saxon

1 entries

bindan verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

باغلامق verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
باغلامق verb (transitive connect)
ربط ایتمك verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

binjen verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Polabian

1 entries

ai̯vązĕ verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Polish

4 entries

oprawiać verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
oprawić verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
wiązać verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
zawiązać verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Portuguese

4 entries

acoplar verb (transitive couple)
amarrar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
conectar verb (transitive connect)
copular verb (transitive connect)

Quechua

2 entries

arwiy verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
watay verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Romanian

3 entries

conecta verb (transitive connect)
cupla verb (transitive connect)
lega verb (transitive connect)

Russian

4 entries

вяза́ть verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
вяза́ть verb (transitive connect)
вяза́ть verb (transitive couple)
переплести́ verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)

Sanskrit

3 entries

द्यति verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
बन्धति verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
मव्यति verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries

biende verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

(sheaves) sguab verb (transitive connect)
cuibhrich verb (transitive connect)
naisg verb (transitive connect)

Sicilian

3 entries

liari verb (transitive connect)
ligari verb (transitive connect)
lijari verb (transitive connect)

Sindhi

1 entries

ٻَڌَڻُ verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Spanish

4 entries

acoplar verb (transitive couple)
atar verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
atar verb (transitive connect)
ceñir verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Swahili

1 entries

kufunga verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Swedish

4 entries

binda verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
binda verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
förbinda verb (transitive connect)
koppla verb (transitive couple)

Thai

1 entries

โยง verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Turkish

4 entries

bağlamak verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
bağlamak verb (transitive connect)
birleştirmek verb (transitive couple)
ciltlemek verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)

Ukrainian

2 entries

зв'я́зувати verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
зв'яза́ти verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Venetan

2 entries

ligar verb (transitive connect)
łigar verb (transitive connect)

Vietnamese

4 entries

buộc verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
buộc verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)
cột verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)
cột verb (transitive put together in a cover, as of books)

West-Frisian

1 entries

bine verb (transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

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I'm forever lost, can't you see? I'm in a bind!

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You must bind yourself to keep your promise.

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We need to bind gravel with cement.

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I am in a bind as my money has been stolen.

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