bind vs release

bind

verb
  • 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 exert a binding or restraining influence. 

  • 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. 

release

verb
  • To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit. 

  • To set free a chemical substance. 

  • To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain. 

  • To make available to the public. 

  • To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of. 

  • To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity 

  • To free or liberate; to set free. 

  • (of a call) To hang up. 

  • to come out; be out. 

  • To discharge. 

  • To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. 

noun
  • The act or manner of ending a sound. 

  • In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations. 

  • The giving up of a claim, especially a debt. 

  • Anything recently released or made available (as for sale). 

  • A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit. 

  • The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload. 

  • The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken 

  • Orgasm. 

  • A kind of bridge used in jazz music. 

  • The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private. 

  • The process by which a chemical substance is set free. 

  • The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms). 

  • That which is released, untied or let go. 

  • Liberation from pain or suffering. 

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