A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
That which binds or ties.
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.
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.
A grammatical form (often a verb form) that is used in a conditional expression to refer to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that is hypothetical and often counterfactual.
A grammatical form (often a verb form) that refers to an event, transaction, occurrence, or object that happened (or had happened), or existed, at some time before now (the applicable reference time).