bind

stick to firmly

• “Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”

create social or emotional ties

• “The grandparents want to bond with the child”

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

• “The Chinese would bind the feet of their women”

wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

secure with or as if with ropes

• “tie down the prisoners”
• “tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed”

bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

• “He”
• “;”
• “ll hold you by your promise”

form a chemical bond with

• “The hydrogen binds the oxygen”

provide with a binding

• “bind the books in leather”

fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

• “They tied their victim to the chair”

cause to be constipated

• “These foods tend to constipate you”

something that hinders as if with bonds