bind

v

1. fasten, secure, tie, tie up, bundle, colligate, truss, wrap; join, unite, connect, encircle, gird, attach; lace, entwine, plait, interlace, weave, interlock; buckle, hook.

2. bandage, tape, dress, wrap, swathe.

3. strap, chain, moor, hitch, lash, tether, hobble, hopple, fetter, trammel, pinion, shackle, gyre; manacle, handcuff; leash, bridle, muzzle; chafe, choke, hamper.

4. hold, hold fast, grip, stick, stick together, adhere, glue, cement, paste, conglutinate, lute; cohere, consolidate, set, harden, solidify, congeal, gel, agglutinate, gum; clog, compact, fuse, coalesce; thicken, cake, clot, coagulate, curdle.

5. require, prescribe, assign; astrict, engage, oblige, obligate; restrict, constrict, constrain, force, compel, impel, press, enforce; inhibit, encumber, cumber, burden, yoke.

6. edge, border, hem, trim, purfle, purl.

n

7.Informal. quandary, dilemma, predicament, Inf. double bind, Inf. catch-22, Inf.Hobson's choice, impasse, stand-off.