bind vs free

bind

verb
  • To exert a binding or restraining influence. 

  • To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie. 

  • To put together in a cover, as of books. 

  • To process one or more object modules into an executable program. 

  • To place under legal obligation to serve. 

  • To cover, as with a bandage. 

  • To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method name, etc. with the content of a storage location. 

  • To make two or more elements stick together. 

  • To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc. 

  • To tie; to confine by any ligature. 

  • To couple. 

  • To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind. 

  • To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. 

  • To cohere or stick together in a mass. 

  • To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. 

  • To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant. 

  • To complain; to whine about something. 

  • To wear a binder so as to flatten one's chest to give the appearance of a flat chest, usually done by trans men. 

noun
  • That which binds or ties. 

  • A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. 

  • The indurated clay of coal mines. 

  • A ligature or tie for grouping notes. 

  • Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. 

  • A strong grip or stranglehold on a position, which is difficult for the opponent to break. 

free

verb
  • To rid of something that confines or oppresses. 

  • To make free; set at liberty; release. 

  • To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system. 

adj
  • Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched. 

  • Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed. 

  • Without obligations. 

  • With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification. 

  • Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated. 

  • Privileged or individual; the opposite of common. 

  • (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme. 

  • Unconstrained. 

  • Unobstructed, without blockages. 

  • Unattached or uncombined. 

  • Not imprisoned or enslaved. 

  • Unconstrained by quantifiers. 

  • Not attached; loose. 

  • Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound. 

  • Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc. 

  • Unconstrained by timidity or distrust 

  • Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version. 

  • complimentary 

  • Unconstrained by relators. 

  • Obtainable without any payment. 

  • Generous; liberal. 

  • Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied. 

adv
  • Without needing to pay. 

noun
  • A free transfer. 

  • The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed. 

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