bind

1. 1.

   something that hinders as if with bonds

   Broaderhindrance

Other forms of bind

plural

binds·

past tense or participle

bound

present participle

binding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bind

What does bind mean?

bind means "stick to firmly". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bind?

bind has 1 syllable: bind. In IPA it is /ˈbaɪnd/.

What is another word for bind?

Close synonyms include adhere, hold fast, bond, stick, stick to. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of bind?

The recorded antonyms are unbind.

Is bind a common word?

bind is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bind?

1 word rhymes with bind. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.