verb

1. To tie; to confine by any ligature.

2. To cohere or stick together in a mass.

   “Just to make the cheese more binding”

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

   “I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.”

Synonyms: bandage, dress, fasten, fetter, make fast, restrain, tie, indenture

adjective

1. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).

   “You are not legally bound to reply.”

2. (of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.

3. (of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.