bound

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

To cohere or stick together in a mass.

“Just to make the cheese more binding”

To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

“I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.”

To exert a binding or restraining influence.

“These are the ties that bind.”

To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.

“to bind grain in bundles  to bind a prisoner”

To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.

“Frost binds the earth.”

To couple.

To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.

“to bind the conscience  to bind by kindness  bound by affection  commerce binds nations to each other”

To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

To place under legal obligation to serve.

“to bind an apprentice  bound out to service”

To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.

“to bind a belt about one  to bind a compress upon a wound”

To cover, as with a bandage.

“to bind up a wound”

To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action, as by producing constipation.

“Certain drugs bind the bowels.”

To put together in a cover, as of books.

“The three novels were bound together.”

To make two or more elements stick together.

To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.

To complain; to whine about something.

(with infinitive) Obliged (to).

“You are not legally bound to reply.”

(of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.

(of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.

Constipated; costive.

Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.

Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.

Ready, prepared.

Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

“Is that message bound for me?”

(with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to

“They were bound to come into conflict eventually.”

(often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

“I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.”

A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.

To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

“France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.”

To be the boundary of.

A sizeable jump, great leap.

“The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.”

A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

A bounce; a rebound.

“the bound of a ball”

To leap, move by jumping.

“The rabbit bounded down the lane.”

To cause to leap.

“to bound a horse”

To rebound; to bounce.

“a rubber ball bounds on the floor”

To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

“to bound a ball on the floor”