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upbind

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ʌpˈbaɪnd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪnd

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verb

Meaning 1

To bind up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, poetic, transitive

Examples

  • 1834, William Sotheby, translator, Homer, Iliad, Book 18, in The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, volume 2, Nicol, page 223, The reapers toil'd, the sickles in their hand, / Heap after heap fell thick along the land; / Three labourers grasp them, and in sheaves upbind; / Boys, gathering up their handfuls, went behind, / Proffering their load:

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English up- Proto-Indo-European *bhendh-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-West Germanic *bindan Old English bindan Middle English binden English bind English upbind From up- + bind.