bind

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• /ˈbaɪ̯nd/
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• /ˈbaɪ̯n/ when followed by "the, this, their" and similar words
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• rhymes with -aɪnd
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• homophone: bine
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• CMU ARPABET: B AY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhendh-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-West Germanic *bindan Old English bindan Middle English binden English bind From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bhéndh-e-ti, from *bhendh- (“to tie”). See also West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, binden, German binden, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk binde, Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish binda; also Welsh ben (“cart”), Latin offendīx (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bind (“to convince, to awe, to spell”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα (peîsma, “cable, rope”), Persian بستن (bastan, “to bind”), Sanskrit बन्धति (bándhati). Doublet of bandana.

230 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: връзка (vrǎzka) — that which binds
• Bulgarian: свръзка (svrǎzka) — that which binds
• Bulgarian: звено (zveno) — that which binds
• German: Fessel — that which binds
• Bulgarian: затруднение (zatrudnenie) — troublesome situation
• German: Zwickmühle — troublesome situation
• Afrikaans: bind — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Albanian: lidh — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Arabic: أَسَرَ (ʔasara) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Arabic: رَبَطَ (rabaṭa) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Armenian: կապել (kapel) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Basque: lotu — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Belarusian: звя́зваць (zvjázvacʹ) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Belarusian: звяза́ць (zvjazácʹ) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Bulgarian: връзвам (vrǎzvam) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Burmese: တုပ် (tup) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Burmese: ချည် (hkyany) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Catalan: nugar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Catalan: lligar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Chinese Cantonese: 綁 /绑 (bong2) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Chinese Cantonese: 紮 /扎 (zaat3) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Eastern Min Chinese: 縛 /缚 (buŏh) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 縛 /缚 (fù) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 捆 (kǔn) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Chinese Mandarin: 綁 /绑 (bǎng) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Danish: binde — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Dutch: binden — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Middle Dutch: binden — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Esperanto: ligi — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Faroese: binda — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Finnish: sitoa — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• French: lier — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• French: attacher — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• French: nouer — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• North Frisian: binj — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• North Frisian: bin — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• North Frisian: bine — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Old Frisian: binda — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Saterland Frisian: biende — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• West-Frisian: bine — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Galician: atar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Galician: amarrar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• German: binden — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• German: fesseln — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Middle High German: binden — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Old High German: bintan — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (bindan) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Greek: δένω (déno) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Ancient Greek: δέω (déō) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Hindi: छांदना (chāndnā) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Icelandic: binda — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Irish: cuibhrigh — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Japanese: 縛る (shibaru) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Khmer: ចង (cɑɑng) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Korean: 묶다 (mukda) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Northern Kurdish: bestın — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Lao: ຈອງ (chǭng) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Latin: ligō — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Latin: vinciō — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Low German: binnen — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Middle Low German: binden — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Malay: ikat — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Māori: rona — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Māori: whakarorerore — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Māori: tauwhere — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Middle English: binden — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Mongolian: уях (ujax) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Norwegian: binde — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Norwegian Nynorsk: binda — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Occitan: ligar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Occitan: bendar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Occitan: cordar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Occitan: cinglar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Occitan: socar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Old English: bindan — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Old Norse: binda — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Old Saxon: bindan — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Persian: بستن — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Plautdietsch: binjen — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Polabian: ai̯vązĕ — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Polish: wiązać — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Polish: zawiązać — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Portuguese: amarrar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Quechua: arwiy — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Quechua: watay — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Russian: свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Russian: свя́зать (svjázatʹ) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Russian: вяза́ть (vjazátʹ) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Sanskrit: द्यति (dyati) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Sanskrit: मव्यति (mavyati) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Sanskrit: बन्धति (bandhati) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Sindhi: ٻَڌَڻُ (ḇadhaṇu) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Spanish: atar — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Spanish: ceñir — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Swahili: kufunga — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Swedish: binda — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Thai: โยง (yoong) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Turkish: bağlamak — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: باغلامق (bağlamak) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Ottoman Turkish: ربط ایتمك (rabt etmek) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Ukrainian: зв'я́зувати (zvʺjázuvaty) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Ukrainian: зв'яза́ти (zvʺjazáty) — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Vietnamese: buộc — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Vietnamese: cột — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Vietnamese: trói — transitive to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• Albanian: lidh — transitive connect
• Arabic: رَبَطَ (rabaṭa) — transitive connect
• Arabic: ربط (rabaṭ) — transitive connect
• Arabic: وصل (waṣal) — transitive connect
• Belarusian: вяза́ць (vjazácʹ) — transitive connect
• Bulgarian: свързвам (svǎrzvam) — transitive connect
• Catalan: lligar — transitive connect
• Chinese Mandarin: 結合 /结合 (jiéhé) — transitive connect
• Crimean Tatar: bint — transitive connect
• Czech: vázat — transitive connect
• Danish: forbinde — transitive connect
• Dutch: binden — transitive connect
• Dutch: verbinden — transitive connect
• Dutch: koppelen — transitive connect
• Esperanto: ligi — transitive connect
• Finnish: sitoa — transitive connect
• Finnish: yhdistää — transitive connect
• French: lier — transitive connect
• French: connecter — transitive connect
• North Frisian: ferbinj — transitive connect
• North Frisian: ferbine — transitive connect
• Friulian: leâ — transitive connect
• German: verbinden — transitive connect
• German: konnektieren — transitive connect
• Ancient Greek: δέω (déō) — transitive connect
• Hungarian: összeköt — transitive connect
• Ido: bindar — transitive connect
• Indonesian: ikat — transitive connect
• Indonesian: sambung — transitive connect
• Indonesian: hubung — transitive connect
• Italian: legare — transitive connect
• Japanese: 繋ぐ (tsunagu) — transitive connect
• Japanese: 繋げる (tsunageru) — transitive connect
• Japanese: 縛る (shibaru) — transitive connect
• Japanese: 結ぶ (musubu) — transitive connect
• Kazakh: байланыстыру (bailanystyru) — transitive connect
• Latin: cōnectō — transitive connect
• Latin: iungō — transitive connect
• Latin: nectō — transitive connect
• Latin: teneo — transitive connect
• Norwegian: binde — transitive connect
• Occitan: ligar — transitive connect
• Old Church Slavonic: вѧсти (vęsti) — transitive connect
• Portuguese: conectar — transitive connect
• Portuguese: juntar — transitive connect
• Portuguese: copular — transitive connect
• Portuguese: ligar — transitive connect
• Romanian: cupla — transitive connect
• Romanian: conecta — transitive connect
• Romanian: lega — transitive connect
• Russian: вяза́ть (vjazátʹ) — transitive connect
• Russian: свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) — transitive connect
• Russian: связа́ть (svjazátʹ) — transitive connect
• Scottish Gaelic: cuibhrich — transitive connect
• Scottish Gaelic: naisg — transitive connect
• Scottish Gaelic: (sheaves) sguab — transitive connect
• Sicilian: ligari — transitive connect
• Sicilian: liari — transitive connect
• Sicilian: lijari — transitive connect
• Spanish: atar — transitive connect
• Spanish: empastar — transitive connect
• Spanish: liar — transitive connect
• Spanish: vincular — transitive connect
• Spanish: ligar — transitive connect
• Swedish: förbinda — transitive connect
• Turkish: bağlamak — transitive connect
• Ottoman Turkish: باغلامق (bağlamak) — transitive connect
• Venetan: łigar — transitive connect
• Venetan: ligar — transitive connect
• Vietnamese: kết hợp — transitive connect
• Vietnamese: liên kết — transitive connect
• Vietnamese: nối — transitive connect
• Bulgarian: връзвам (vrǎzvam) — transitive couple
• Bulgarian: приързвам (priǎrzvam) — transitive couple
• Czech: spojit — transitive couple
• Finnish: sitoa — transitive couple
• Finnish: kytkeä — transitive couple
• French: coupler — transitive couple
• French: lier — transitive couple
• German: verbinden — transitive couple
• Ancient Greek: δέω (déō) — transitive couple
• Italian: connettere — transitive couple
• Portuguese: acoplar — transitive couple
• Russian: вяза́ть (vjazátʹ) — transitive couple
• Russian: свя́зывать (svjázyvatʹ) — transitive couple
• Russian: связа́ть (svjazátʹ) — transitive couple
• Spanish: acoplar — transitive couple
• Spanish: vincular — transitive couple
• Spanish: ligar — transitive couple
• Swedish: koppla — transitive couple
• Turkish: birleştirmek — transitive couple
• Vietnamese: ghép cặp — transitive couple
• Vietnamese: ghép đôi — transitive couple
• Bulgarian: подвързвам (podvǎrzvam) — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Catalan: enquadernar — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Catalan: relligar — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Chinese Cantonese: 裝訂 /装订 (zong1 ding3) — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Chinese Mandarin: 裝訂 /装订 (zhuāngdìng) — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Czech: svázat — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Esperanto: bindi — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Finnish: sitoa — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• French: relier — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• German: (z.B. ein Buch) binden — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Greek: βιβλιοδετώ (vivliodetó) — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Italian: rilegare — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Japanese: 綴じる (tojiru) — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Kazakh: мұқабалау (mūqabalau) — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Lithuanian: rišti — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Māori: paihere — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Occitan: religar — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Polish: oprawiać — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Polish: oprawić — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Portuguese: encapar — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Portuguese: encadernar — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Russian: переплета́ть (perepletátʹ) — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Russian: переплести́ (pereplestí) — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Spanish: encuadernar — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Spanish: engargolar — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Swedish: binda — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Turkish: ciltlemek — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Vietnamese: buộc — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Vietnamese: cột — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Vietnamese: trói — transitive put together in a cover, as of books
• Esperanto: bindi — transitive, programming to process object modules into a program
• Spanish: fajarse — intransitive to wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest