bind in WordNet English dictionary

1. stick to firmly
   "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
   adhere  hold fast  bond  bind  stick  stick to 
   
2. create social or emotional ties
   "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
   bind  tie  attach  bond 
   
3. wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
   bind  bandage 
   
4. cause to be constipated
   "These foods tend to constipate you"
   constipate  bind 
   
5. form a chemical bond with
   "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
   bind 
   
6. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
   "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
   oblige  bind  hold  obligate 
   
7. make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
   "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
   bind 
   
8. fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
   "They tied their victim to the chair"
   tie  bind 
   
9. provide with a binding
   "bind the books in leather"
   bind 
   
10. secure with or as if with ropes
    "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
    tie down  tie up  bind  truss 
    

1. something that hinders as if with bonds
   bind