Bind vs. Restrain

To tie or secure, as with a rope or cord.

To hold back or keep in check; control

To hold or restrain by tying with rope or bonds

To prevent (a person or group) from doing something or acting in a certain way

To fasten or wrap by encircling, as with a belt or ribbon

To hold, fasten, or secure so as to prevent or limit movement

To bandage

(transitive) To control or keep in check.

To compel, constrain, or unite

(transitive) To deprive of liberty.

To make certain or irrevocable

(transitive) To restrict or limit.

(Law) To place under legal obligation.

(transitive) To strain again.

To apprentice or indenture

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb.

(Chemistry) To combine with, form a chemical bond with, or be taken up by, as an enzyme with its substrate.

To draw back toghtly, as a rein.

To cause to cohere or stick together in a mass

To hinder from unlimited enjoiment; to abridge.

To constipate.

To limit; to confine; to restrict.

To enclose and fasten (the pages of a book or other printed material) between covers.

To withhold; to forbear.

To furnish with an edge or border for protection, reinforcement, or ornamentation.

keep under control; keep in check;

To tie up or fasten something.

place limits on (extent or access);

To stick or become stuck

to close within bounds, limit or hold back from movement;

To be uncomfortably tight or restricting, as clothes.

hold back

To become compact or solid; cohere.

to compel or deter by or as if by threats

To be compelling, constraining, or unifying

(Chemistry) To combine chemically or form a chemical bond.

The act of binding.

The state of being bound.

Something that binds.

A place where something binds

(Informal) A difficult, restrictive, or unresolvable situation

(Music) A tie, slur, or brace.

(intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.

(intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.

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

(intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.

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

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

(transitive) To couple.

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

(law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

(law) To place under legal obligation to serve.

(transitive) 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.

(transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.

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

(transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.

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 process one or more object modules into an executable program.

To complain; to whine about something.

To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men.

That which binds or ties.

A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.

Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.

(music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

(chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break.

The indurated clay of coal mines.

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.

To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; - sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.

To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.

To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.

To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.

To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.

To tie; to confine by any ligature.

To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.

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

To exert a binding or restraining influence.

That which binds or ties.

Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.

Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.

A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

something that hinders as if with bonds

stick to firmly;

create social or emotional ties;

make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope;

wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

secure with or as if with ropes;

bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted;

form a chemical bond with;

provide with a binding;

fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord;

cause to be constipated;