Synonyms of the word

bind

• v. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
• v. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
• v. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
• v. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
• v. (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• v. (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
• v. (transitive) To couple.
• v. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other…
• v. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or…
• v. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
• v. (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
• v. (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
• v. (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
• v. (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method…
• n. That which binds or ties.
• n. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
• n. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
• n. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
• n. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.

adhere

• v. (intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
• v. (intransitive) To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree.

attach

• v. (obsolete, law) To arrest, seize.
• v. (transitive) To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
• v. (intransitive) To adhere; to be attached.
• v. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest.
• v. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral…
• v. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; with to.
• v. (obsolete) To take, seize, or lay hold of.

balk

• n. An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing.
• n. (archaeology) the wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.
• n. beam, crossbeam.
• n. A hindrance or disappointment; a check.
• n. A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.
• n. (sports) deceptive motion; feint.
• v. (archaic) To pass over or by.
• v. To omit, miss, or overlook by chance.
• v. (obsolete) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
• v. To stop, check, block.
• v. To stop short and refuse to go on.
• v. To refuse suddenly.
• v. To disappoint; to frustrate; to foil; to baffle; to thwart.
• v. To engage in contradiction; to be in opposition.
• v. To leave or make balks in.
• v. To leave heaped up; to heap up in piles.
• v. To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

bandage

• n. A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
• n. A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
• v. To apply a bandage to something.

baulk

• n. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk.
• n. (Britain) In billiards, the area of the table lying behind the line from which the cue ball is initially…
• v. (Britain) Alternative spelling of balk.

bind

• v. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
• v. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
• v. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
• v. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
• v. (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• v. (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
• v. (transitive) To couple.
• v. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other…
• v. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or…
• v. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
• v. (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
• v. (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
• v. (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
• v. (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method…
• n. That which binds or ties.
• n. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
• n. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
• n. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
• n. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.

bond

• n. (law) Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest…
• n. (finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
• n. A physical connection which binds, a band; often plural.
• n. An emotional link, connection or union.
• n. Moral or political duty or obligation.
• n. (chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
• n. A binding agreement, a covenant.
• n. A bail bond.
• n. Any constraining or cementing force or material.
• n. (construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying.
• n. In Scotland, a mortgage.
• n. (railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used…
• v. (transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
• v. (transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.
• v. (transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
• v. To form a friendship or emotional connection.
• v. (transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse.
• v. (transitive, construction) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
• v. (transitive, electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces…
• v. To bail out by means of a bail bond.
• n. A peasant; churl.
• n. A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
• adj. Subject to the tenure called bondage.
• adj. In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
• adj. Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

confine

• v. (transitive) To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
• v. To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on or with.
• n. Limit.

constipate

• v. To cause constipation in.

cover

• n. A lid.
• n. A hiding from view.
• n. A front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
• n. A top sheet of a bed.
• n. A cover charge.
• n. A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
• n. (music) A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
• n. (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square;…
• n. (topology) A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
• n. (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
• n. (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
• n. (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods…
• n. (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
• n. (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative, cover story.
• n. The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
• n. In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
• adj. Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
• adj. (music) Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
• v. (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
• v. (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
• v. (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
• v. (of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
• v. To deal with.
• v. To be enough money for.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
• v. (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
• v. (music) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
• v. (military, law enforcement) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect…
• v. To provide insurance coverage for.
• v. To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
• v. (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
• v. To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.

deterrent

• adj. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
• n. Something that deters.

fasten

• v. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
• v. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

handicap

• n. Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders.
• n. An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest…
• n. (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages…
• n. A race or similar contest in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage,…
• n. (obsolete, card game) An old card game, similar to lanterloo.
• v. (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
• v. (transitive, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
• v. To estimate betting odds.

hinderance

• n. Archaic spelling of hindrance.

hindrance

• n. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
• n. The state or act of hindering something.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

impediment

• n. A hindrance; that which impedes or hinders progress.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.

indispose

• v. (transitive) To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
• v. (transitive) To make indisposed, or slightly unwell.
• v. (transitive) To disincline.

obligate

• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral…
• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
• adj. (biology) Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.
• adj. Absolutely indispensable; essential.

oblige

• v. (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
• v. (transitive) To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
• v. (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
• v. (intransitive) To do a service or favour.

relate

• v. (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
• v. (transitive) To give an association.
• v. (transitive) To make a connection or correlation from one thing to another.
• v. (intransitive) To have a connection.
• v. (intransitive) To interact.
• v. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
• v. (intransitive, with to) To identify with, understand.
• v. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.

restrain

• v. (transitive) To control or keep in check.
• v. (transitive) To deprive of liberty.
• v. (transitive) To restrict or limit.

secure

• adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
• adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
• adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
• adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
• adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
• adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
• adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
• adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
• v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
• v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
• v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
• v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

stick

• n. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
• n. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
• n. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
• n. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
• n. (sports) A stick-like item.
• n. (sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically.
• n. (slang, dated) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking,…
• n. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.
• n. A measure.
• v. (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
• n. (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
• n. (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
• n. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
• v. (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
• v. (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
• v. (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
• v. (intransitive) To persist.
• v. (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
• v. (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
• v. (dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
• v. (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
• v. (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
• v. (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
• v. (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
• v. (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.
• v. (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
• v. (transitive, printing, slang, dated) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
• v. (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by…
• v. (dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
• v. (transitive, slang, dated) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
• adj. (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
• n. (Britain, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.

tie

• n. A knot; a fastening.
• n. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
• n. A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black…
• n. The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
• n. A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which…
• n. A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
• n. (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
• n. (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together…
• n. (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs…
• n. (sports, Britain) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
• n. (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a…
• n. (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
• n. (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
• n. (graph theory) connection between two vertices.
• v. (transitive) To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
• v. (transitive) To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
• v. (transitive) To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
• v. (transitive) To secure (something) by string or the like.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
• v. (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
• v. (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

truss

• n. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
• n. (architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or…
• n. (architecture) A triangular bracket.
• n. An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled…
• n. (obsolete) A bundle; a package.
• n. (historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
• n. (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
• n. (botany) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
• n. (nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.
• v. (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
• v. (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
• v. (transitive) To support.
• v. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
• v. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
• v. (slang, archaic) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.