BIND

tie or fasten (something) tightly together

stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass

cause (people) to feel united

impose a legal or contractual obligation on

fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover

trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip

(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).

a problematical situation

a statutory constraint