1. To tie; to confine by any ligature. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.
2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. Mortimer.
3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. Locke.
BIND
Bind, n.
1. That which binds or ties.
2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
3. (Metal.)
Defn: Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan.
4. (Mus.)