BOUNDEN

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

To cohere or stick together in a mass.

Example: "Just to make the cheese more binding"

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

Example: "I wish i knew why the sewing machine binds up after i use it for a while."

To exert a binding or restraining influence.

Example: "These are the ties that bind."

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

Example: "To bind grain in bundles  to bind a prisoner"

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

Example: "Frost binds the earth."

To couple.

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

Example: "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.

Example: "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.

Example: "To bind a belt about one  to bind a compress upon a wound"

To cover, as with a bandage.

Example: "To bind up a wound"

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

Example: "Certain drugs bind the bowels."

To put together in a cover, as of books.

Example: "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.