BINDING
Dictionary entry overview: What does binding mean?
• BINDING (noun)
The noun BINDING has 4 senses:
1. the capacity to attract and hold something
2. strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
3. the act of applying a bandage
4. the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
Familiarity information: BINDING used as a noun is uncommon.
• BINDING (adjective)
The adjective BINDING has 3 senses:
1. executed with proper legal authority
2. hindering freedom of movement
3. causing constipation
Familiarity information: BINDING used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• BINDING (noun)
Meaning:
The capacity to attract and hold something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
attraction; attractiveness (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts)
Meaning:
Strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
sewing; stitchery (needlework on which you are working with needle and thread)
Meaning:
The act of applying a bandage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
bandaging; binding; dressing
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)
Meaning:
The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
book binding; binding; cover; back
Context example:
the book had a leather binding
Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):
protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "binding"):
half binding (book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another)
three-quarter binding (the spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover)
Holonyms ("binding" is a part of...):
book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)
• BINDING (adjective)
Meaning:
Executed with proper legal authority
Context example:
a binding contract
Similar:
valid (well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force)
Meaning:
Hindering freedom of movement
Synonyms:
constricting; binding
Context example:
tight garments are uncomfortably binding
Similar:
tight (closely constrained or constricted or constricting)
Meaning:
Causing constipation
Synonyms:
constipating; binding
Similar:
costive (retarding evacuation of feces)
