BINDING

Pronunciation (US):

• 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.

• 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)