What is the difference between bind and loose?
bind | loose | Antonyms |
To tie; to confine by any ligature.
* (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
To cohere or stick together in a mass.
* (rfdate) (Mortimer)
To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
To exert a binding or restraining influence.
To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
* (rfdate) Job xxviii. 11.
* (rfdate) Luke xiii. 16.
To couple.
(figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
* (rfdate) (Milton)
(legal) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
(legal) To place under legal obligation to serve.
To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
(archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
(archaic) To cover, as with a bandage.
(archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
To put together in a cover, as of books.
(computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location.
* 2008 , Bryan O'Sullivan, John Goerzen, Donald Bruce Stewart, Real World Haskell (page 33)
* 2009 , Robert Pickering, Beginning F# (page 123)
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.
(music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
(chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
To let loose, to free from restraints.
* Bible, Matthew xxi. 2
To unfasten, to loosen.
To make less tight, to loosen.
Of a grip or hold, to let go.
(archery) to shoot (an arrow)
(obsolete) To set sail.
* 1611 :
(obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
Not held or packaged together.
Not under control.
* Addison
Not fitting closely
Not compact.
* Milton
Relaxed.
Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
* Whewell
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(dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
* Spenser
* Sir Walter Scott
(not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
* {{quote-news
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(dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
(archery) The release of an arrow.
(obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
(sports)
* 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
Freedom from restraint.
* Addison
A letting go; discharge.
Bind is an antonym of loose.
As verbs the difference between bind and loose
is that bind is to tie; to confine by any ligature while loose is to let loose, to free from restraints or loose can be (lose).As nouns the difference between bind and loose
is that bind is that which binds or ties while loose is (archery) the release of an arrow.As a adjective loose is
not fixed in place tightly or firmly.As a interjection loose is
(archery) begin shooting; release your arrows.bind
English
Verb
- They that reap must sheaf and bind .
- ''Just to make the cheese more binding
- clay binds by heat.
- I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.
- These are the ties that bind .
- to bind''' grain in bundles; to '''bind a prisoner.
- Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
- Frost binds the earth.
- He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
- Whom Satan hath bound , lo, these eighteen years.
- to bind''' the conscience; to '''bind''' by kindness; '''bound''' by affection; commerce '''binds nations to each other.
- Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
- to bind''' an apprentice; '''bound out to service
- to bind a belt about one
- to bind a compress upon a wound.
- to bind up a wound.
- certain drugs bind the bowels.
- The three novels were bound together.
- We bind the variable
nto the value2, andxsto"abcd".
- You can bind an identifier to an object of a derived type, as you did earlier when you bound a string to an identifier of type
obj
Synonyms
* fetter, make fast, tie, fasten, restrain * bandage, dress * restrain, restrict, obligate * * indentureDerived terms
* bind over - to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. * bind to - to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. * bind up in - to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.Derived terms
* bindweedNoun
(en noun)- the Maróczy Bind
Synonyms
* See alsoReferences
* *Anagrams
* English irregular verbs ----loose
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) , whence also (m), (m), via Ancient Greek.Verb
(loos)- Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me.
- Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
- (Spenser)
Synonyms
* (let loose) free, release * (unfasten) loosen, unbind, undo, unfasten, untie * (make less tight) loosen, relax, slacken * (of grip or hold) let go, release * (archery) fire, shootAntonyms
* (let loose) bind, constrain * (unfasten) bind, fasten, tie * (make less tight) tighten * (of grip or hold) tighten * (archery) fastAdjective
(er)- This wheelbarrow has a loose wheel.
- You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose .
- The dog is loose again.
- Now I stand / Loose of my vow; but who knows Cato's thoughts?
- I wear loose clothes when it is hot.
- It is difficult walking on loose gravel.
- a cloth of loose texture
- with horse and chariots ranked in loose array
- She danced with a loose flowing movement.
- a loose way of reasoning
- The comparison employed must be considered rather as a loose analogy than as an exact scientific explanation.
- Loose talk costs lives.
- In all these he was much and deeply read; / But not a page of any thing that's loose , / Or hints continuation of the species, / Was ever suffer'd, lest he should grow vicious.
- loose ladies in delight
- the loose morality which he had learned
- He caught an elbow going after a loose ball.
- The puck was momentarily loose right in front of the net.
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- (John Locke)
Synonyms
* (not fixed in place tightly or firmly) * (not held or packaged together) separate, unpackaged * (not bound or tethered or leashed) free, untethered * (not fitting closely) baggy * (not compact) * (relaxed) loose-limbed, relaxed * (indiscreet) indiscreet * (promiscuous) polygamous, promiscuous, slutty, tarty, whorishAntonyms
* (not fixed in place tightly or firmly) * (not held or packaged together) packaged * (not bound or tethered or leashed) bound, leashed, tethered, tied, tied up * (not fitting closely) close-fitting, snug, tight * (not compact) compact, firm * (relaxed) tense, tensed * (indiscreet) discreet * (promiscuous) faithful, monogamousDerived terms
* break loose * cast loose * cut loose * hang loose * let loose * loosen * loose coupling * loose lip * on the loose * stay loose * turn looseNoun
(en noun)- The defeat will leave manager Martin Johnson under pressure after his gamble of pairing Jonny Wilkinson and Toby Flood at 10 and 12 failed to ignite the England back line, while his forwards were repeatedly second best at the set-piece and in the loose .
- (Prior)
- Vent all its griefs, and give a loose to sorrow.
- (Ben Jonson)
Derived terms
* give a looseAntonyms
* fastAnagrams
*Etymology 2
Verb
(head)- I'm going to loose this game.