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{
"term": "bind",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "bind",
"heSheIt": "binds"
},
"pastSimple": "bound",
"pastParticiple": "bound",
"ingForm": "binding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to tie somebody/something with rope, string, etc. so that they/it cannot move or are held together strongly",
"sensetop": "bind somebody/something to somethingbind somebody/something togetherbind somebody/something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The sails are bound to the mast with cord.",
"contextForm": "bind somebody/something to something"
},
{
"text": "They bound his hands together.",
"contextForm": "bind somebody/something together"
},
{
"text": "He was left **bound and gagged** *(= tied up and with a piece of cloth tied over his mouth)*.",
"contextForm": "bind somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "She found herself bound hand and foot."
},
{
"text": "She was bound to a chair."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["tightly", "loosely", "together"],
"preposition": ["to", "with"],
"phrases": ["bind and gag somebody", "bind somebody hand and foot"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to tie a long thin piece of cloth around something",
"sensetop": "bind something (up)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She bound up his wounds."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make people, organizations, etc. feel united so that they live or work together more happily or effectively",
"sensetop": "bind A (and B) (together)bind A to B",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Organizations such as schools and clubs bind a community together.",
"contextForm": "bind A (and B) (together)"
},
{
"text": "She thought that having his child would bind him to her forever.",
"contextForm": "bind A to B"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to force somebody to do something by making them promise to do it or by making it their duty to do it",
"sensetop": "bind somebody (to something)bind somebody to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had been bound to secrecy *(= made to promise not to tell people about something)*.",
"contextForm": "bind somebody (to something)"
},
{
"text": "The agreement binds her to repay the debt within six months.",
"contextForm": "bind somebody to do something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["contractually", "legally", "morally"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "to stick together or to make things stick together in a solid mass",
"sensetop": "bind (together)bind something (together)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Add an egg yolk to make the mixture bind.",
"contextForm": "bind (together)"
},
{
"text": "Add an egg yolk to bind the mixture together.",
"contextForm": "bind something (together)"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "to fasten the pages of a book together and put them inside a cover",
"sensetop": "bind something (in something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "two volumes bound in leather"
}
],
"collocations": {
"phrases": [
"be beautifully bound",
"be handsomely bound",
"be richly bound"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "to sew a piece of material to the edge of something to decorate it or to make it stronger",
"sensetop": "bind something (with something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The blankets were bound with satin."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["contractually", "legally", "morally"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to tie somebody’s hands and feet together so that they cannot move or escape",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to prevent somebody from doing what they want by creating rules, limits, etc.",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪnd/",
"audio": "bi/bind/bind__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪndz/",
"audio": "bi/bind/binds__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/baʊnd/",
"audio": "bo/bind/bound__gb_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪndɪŋ/",
"audio": "bi/bind/binding__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪnd/",
"audio": "bi/bind/bind__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/baɪndz/",
"audio": "bi/bind/binds__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/baʊnd/",
"audio": "bo/bind/bound__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈbaɪndɪŋ/",
"audio": "bi/bind/binding__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English bindan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German binden, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bandh."
}