(of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured. / (of food) Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.

An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together. / The spine of a book where the pages are held together. / (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.

present participle of bind

plural of binding

(intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature. / (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.

That which binds or ties. / A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. / Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.

plural of bind

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bind

(nonstandard) Bound; simple past tense and past participle of bind

(idiomatic) In a difficult situation, usually of one's own making; having a dilemma; faced with a problem or a set of problems for which there is no easy solution.