LekhoriLekhoriTo tie; to confine by any ligature.
They that reap must sheaf and bind.
To cohere or stick together in a mass.
We’ll throw it in just to make the cheese more binding.
To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
That which binds or ties.
A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). See also West Fris...
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I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.