binding
noun
[ ˈbʌɪndɪŋ ]
• a strong covering holding the pages of a book together.
• a mechanical device fixed to a ski to grip a ski boot, especially either of a pair used for downhill skiing which hold the toe and heel of the boot and release it automatically in a fall.
• the action of fastening or holding together, or of being linked by chemical bonds.
• "the binding of antibodies to cell surfaces"
binding
adjective
• (of an agreement or promise) involving an obligation that cannot be broken.
• "business agreements are intended to be legally binding"
Similar:
irrevocable,
unalterable,
unbreakable,
indissoluble,
permanent,
compulsory,
obligatory,
imperative,
mandatory,
necessary,
conclusive,
bind
verb
• tie or fasten (something) tightly together.
• "they bound her hands and feet"
Similar:
tie,
tie up,
fasten (together),
hold together,
secure,
make fast,
attach,
rope,
strap,
lash,
truss,
tether,
hitch,
chain,
fetter,
pinion,
shackle,
hobble,
moor,
• stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass.
• "mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them"
• cause (people) to feel united.
• "it's music that has bound us together"
Similar:
unite,
join,
bond,
knit together,
draw together,
yoke together,
• impose a legal or contractual obligation on.
• "a party who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms"
• fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover.
• "a small, fat volume, bound in red morocco"
• trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip.
• "a frill with the edges bound in a contrasting colour"
• (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope. For example, in an expression of the form ‘For every x, if x is a dog, x is an animal’, the universal quantifier is binding the variable x.
• (of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases).
Origin:
Old English bindan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German binden, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bandh .
