Definitions for binding

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binding bind·ing

Spelling: [bahyn-ding]

IPA: /ˈbaɪn dɪŋ/

Binding is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in binding (bdgiinn).

Definitions for binding

noun

1. the act of fastening, securing, uniting, or the like.
2. anything that binds.
3. the covering within which the leaves of a book are bound.
4. a strip of material that protects or decorates the edge of a tablecloth, rug, etc.
5. Skiing. a mechanical device on a ski, usually made of metal, that fastens the boot securely to the ski.
6. the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
7. something that binds.
8. Music. a tie, slur, or brace.
9. Falconry. the act of binding prey in flight.
10. Informal. a difficult situation or predicament:

adjective

1. that binds; restrictive.
2. having power to bind or oblige; obligatory:

Verb phrases

1. bind off, Textiles. to loop (one stitch) over another in making an edge on knitted fabric.

verb (used with object)

1. to fasten or secure with a band or bond.
2. to encircle with a band or ligature:
3. to swathe or bandage (often followed by up):
4. to fasten around; fix in place by girding:
5. to tie up (anything, as sheaves of grain).
6. to cause to cohere:
7. to unite by any legal or moral tie:
8. to hold to a particular state, place, employment, etc.:
9. to place under obligation or compulsion (usually used passively):
10. Law. to put under legal obligation, as to keep the peace or appear as a witness (often followed by over):
11. to make compulsory or obligatory:
12. to fasten or secure within a cover, as a book:
13. to cover the edge of, as for protection or ornament:
14. (of clothing) to chafe or restrict (the wearer):
15. Medicine/Medical. to hinder or restrain (the bowels) from their natural operations; constipate.
16. to indenture as an apprentice (often followed by out):

verb (used without object)

1. to become compact or solid; cohere.
2. to be obligatory:
3. to chafe or restrict, as poorly fitting garments:
4. to stick fast, as a drill in a hole.
5. Falconry. (of a hawk) to grapple or grasp prey firmly in flight.

Origin of binding

Middle English word dating back to 1200-50; See origin at bind, -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for binding

While a good start, some security experts say the guidelines should be binding.

That ruling is binding law in the United States, no matter what the former vice president says.

binding the resolution of my case to progress in the nuclear negotiations is profoundly unjust.

It doesn't mean anything; that is, it is not binding legally, of course.

It was done after we had received a binding legal opinion from Justice and approval from the White House to proceed.

I would like to know whether you are going to have a binding for Young People.

In name at least you are king, and your signature is binding upon my subjects.

A Muslim marriage is not binding upon a Christian, and I shall account it no marriage.

Next, Labour established, in law, binding Sharia tribunals that Muslims could attend instead of normal British courts.

They were in the wheat-field, busy with the last sheaves; she raking and he binding.