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bind | seal |

As nouns the difference between bind and seal

is that bind is that which binds or ties while seal is sea, air, land (used as a name of a military unit).

As a verb bind

is to tie; to confine by any ligature.

bind

English

Verb

  • To tie; to confine by any ligature.
  • * (rfdate) (Shakespeare)
    • They that reap must sheaf and bind .
  • To cohere or stick together in a mass.
    • ''Just to make the cheese more binding
  • * (rfdate) (Mortimer)
    • clay binds by heat.
  • 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.
  • To exert a binding or restraining influence.
    • These are the ties that bind .
  • To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
    • to bind''' grain in bundles; to '''bind a prisoner.
  • To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
    • Gravity binds the planets to the sun.
    Frost binds the earth.
  • * (rfdate) Job xxviii. 11.
    • He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
  • * (rfdate) Luke xiii. 16.
    • Whom Satan hath bound , lo, these eighteen years.
  • To couple.
  • (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie.
    • to bind''' the conscience; to '''bind''' by kindness; '''bound''' by affection; commerce '''binds nations to each other.
  • * (rfdate) (Milton)
    • Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
  • (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 bind''' an apprentice; '''bound out to service
  • 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.
    • to bind a belt about one
    to bind a compress upon a wound.
  • (archaic) To cover, as with a bandage.
    • to bind up a wound.
  • (archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
    • certain drugs bind the bowels.
  • To put together in a cover, as of books.
    • The three novels were bound together.
  • (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)
    • We bind the variable n to the value 2, and xs to "abcd".
  • * 2009 , Robert Pickering, Beginning F# (page 123)
    • 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 * * indenture

    Derived 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

    * bindweed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.
    • the Maróczy Bind

    Synonyms

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    References

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    Anagrams

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    seal

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) sele, from an inflectional form of (etyl) seolh, from (etyl) ). More at sullow.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pinniped (Pinnipedia), particularly an earless seal (true seal) or eared seal.
    • The seals in the harbor looked better than they smelled.
    Hyponyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * acme seal * Arctic seal, arctic seal * Atlantic gray seal, Atlantic grey seal * Baikal seal * bay seal * bearded seal * bottle-nosed seal * Caspian seal * common seal * crab-eater seal, crabeater seal * crab-eating seal * crawling seal * crested seal * eared seal * earless seal * elephant seal * fur seal, fur-seal * Greenland seal * gray seal, grey seal * hair seal, hair-seal * harbor seal, harbour seal * harp seal, harp-seal * heart seal * hooded seal * Hudson bay seal, Hudson seal * jar seal * kid seal * Ladoga seal * land seal * Larga seal * leonine seal * leopard seal * leporine seal * maned seal * marbled seal * monk seal, monk-seal * native seal * pied seal * pin seal * ribbon seal * ringed seal * river seal * rock seal * Ross seal * rough seal * seal brown, seal-brown * seal calf * sealchie * seal-cloth * seal dog * sealery * seal-fin deformity * seal finger * seal fingers * seal-fish * seal-fisher * seal-fishing * seal-fur * seal-grain * seal-hole * seal-hunter * seal-hunting * seal limbs * seal-lynx point * seal-oil, seal oil * seal point, sealpoint * seal-plush * seal rookery * seal shark * sealskin * seal-tortie lynx point * seal-tortie point * seal-vat * small-ringed seal * spotted seal * square flipper seal * swan-necked seal * thong seal * true seal * ursine seal * walking seal * Weddell seal, Weddell's seal

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hunt seals.
    • Synonyms
    * (hunt seals) go sealing

    See also

    * (Pinniped) * clapmatch * dolphin * sea lion * walrus * selkie

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), from (etyl) seel, from (etyl) sigillum, a diminutive of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
  • An impression of a stamp on wax or paper.
  • (rft-sense) A design or insignia usually associated with an organization or an official role.
    • The front of the podium bore the presidential seal .
  • Anything that secures or authenticates.
  • (rft-sense) Something which will be visibly damaged if a covering or container is opened, and which may or may not bear an official design.
    • The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
  • Confirmation or an indication of confirmation.
    • Her clothes always had her mom's seal of approval.
  • Something designed to prevent liquids or gases from leaking through a joint.
    • The canister is leaking. I think the main seal needs to be replaced.
  • A tight closure, secure against leakage.
    • Close the lid tightly to get a good seal .
  • A chakra.
    • Derived terms
    * AccuPort seal * Angio-Seal® * apex seal * balanced seal * bellows seal * blow fill seal * Bodok seal * border seal * break seal * break the seal * Bridgman seal * broad seal * burning seal * cartridge seal * Chinese seal * chip seal * Christmas seal * clay seal * collation of seals * company seal * compartmented seal * compression seal * compressor seal * concentric dual seal * Confederate Seal * contract under seal * corporate seal * counter-seal * crankshaft seal * cup seal * cylinder seal * diaphragm seal * door seal (aka door gasket) * double balanced seal * double seal * dry gas seal * dry seal * dual seal * dynamic seal * enamelled seal * externally pressurized seal * face seal * face-to-face seals * farthing seal * fin seal * fisherman's seal, fisher's seal * flange seal * given under my hand and seal * glass-ceramic-to-metal seal * glass seal * golden seal, golden-seal, goldenseal * grease seal * Great Seal * guide seal * gum-seal * hand and seal * Hermes' seal * hermetic seal * hydrodynamic seal * hydrostatic seal * Imperial Seal of China * Imperial Seal of Japan * impression seal * inside-mounted seal * Keeper of the Seals * Knights Templar Seal * labyrinth seal * lady's seal * lip seal * LMLK seal * Luther seal * magnetic seal * mechanical face seal * mechanical seal * medicine seal * official seal * Official Seal of the President of Ireland * oil seal * orbital reducer seal * outside-mounted seal * palatal seal * peripheral seal * piston seal * posterior palatal seal * postpalatal seal * presidential seal * primary seal * privy seal * pusher seal * radial shaft seal * rotary seal * rotating face mechanical seal * royal seal * sanitary seal * scaraboid seal * seal assembly * seal at arms, seal of arms * seal-bag * sealbore * seal chamber * seal coating * seal-cup * seal-cylinder * seal-day * seal-engraving * seal face * seal face width * seal-flower * seal leak * sealless * seal-lock, seal lock * Seal-Lock, Sealock * seal manual * seal-master * seal of approval * seal of confession, seal of the confessional * seal-office * seal of quality * seal of relics * Seal of Solomon * seal of the demons * Seal of the President of the Philippines * Seal of the Prophets * Seal of the United States Senate * seal-pipe * seal point * seal-press * seal presser * seal receptacle * seal ring, seal-ring * seal script * seal-stamp * seal-stone * seal swell * seal-top * seal-wax, sealwax * seal-work * seal-wort * sealing washer * secre seal * secret seal * set one's seal * set to one's seal, set to seal * set the seal on * the seven seals * shaft seal * Solomon's seal * stamp seal * state seal * stationary seal * surface sealing * sylphon seal * tandem seals * trap seal * unbalanced seal * under one's seal, under seal * Underseal, underseal * under the cold seal * United States Treasury Seal * unseal * velopharyngeal seal * water seal * weather seal * wiper seal
    Related terms
    * aseal, asseal * enseal

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place a seal on (a document).
  • To mark with a stamp, as an evidence of standard exactness, legal size, or merchantable quality.
    • to seal''' weights and measures; to '''seal silverware
  • To fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage.
    • The cover is sealed . If anyone tries to open it, we'll know about it.
  • To prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something).
    • The border has been sealed until the fugitives are found.
  • To close securely to prevent leakage.
    • I've sealed the bottle to keep the contents fresh.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Seal up your lips, and give no words but "mum".
  • To place in a sealed container.
    • I've sealed the documents in this envelope.
  • (chess) To place a notation of one's next move in a sealed envelope to be opened after an adjournment.
    • After thinking for half an hour, the champion sealed his move.
  • To guarantee.
    • The last-minute goal sealed United's win.
  • To fix, as a piece of iron in a wall, with cement or plaster, etc.
    • (Gwilt)
  • To close by means of a seal.
    • to seal a drainpipe with water
  • (Mormonism) To confirm or set apart as a second or additional wife.
  • * H. Stansbury
    • If a man once married desires a second helpmate she is sealed to him under the solemn sanction of the church.
    Synonyms
    * (place a seal on) * (fasten (something) so that it cannot be opened without visible damage ): * (prevent people or vehicles from crossing (something) ): block, block off, close, close off, obstruct, seal off * (close securely to prevent leakage) * (place in a sealed container) enclose * (chess term)
    Derived terms
    * counter-seal, counterseal * heat-seal * reseal * sealable * sealant * sealed * sealer * seal in * sealing * seal off * seal somebody's fate, seal someone's fate * seal under * seal up * underseal

    See also

    * stamp

    Etymology 3

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dialectal) To tie up animals (especially cattle) in their stalls.

    • Anagrams

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