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band

noun
/bænd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bandiz Old English bend Middle English band English band Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻
  2. derived from *bandiz✻
  3. derived from *bend✻
  4. derived from banda
  5. derived from bande
  6. derived from band

Definitions

  1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

    • The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

  2. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

    • sandstone with bands of shale

  3. A strip of decoration.

  4. ›+ 25 more definitions

    1. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons

      That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

      • For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.

    2. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

    3. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or…

      Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

    4. A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

    5. A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

      • valence band;  conduction band

    6. A bond.

    7. Pledge

      Pledge; security.

      • He sent to her his basenet as a faithfull band.

    8. A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify…

      A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

    9. Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc

    10. Ellipsis of band cell.

    11. A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band

      A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money

      • She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go

    12. A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.

    13. To fasten with a band.

      • "Come, come, 'Orace," said the inspector, leisurely elastic-banding his book and putting it away, "you aren't supposed to be fishing down that hole, you know. Is it O.K. there?"

    14. To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

    15. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble

      A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

      • musical band
      • session band
      • studio band

    16. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music

      A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.

    17. Ellipsis of marching band.

    18. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.

    19. A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms,…

      A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.

    20. Ellipsis of band government.

    21. To group together for a common purpose

      To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

      • And when it was day, certaine of the Iewes banded together, […]

    22. To group (students) together by perceived ability

      To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

    23. simple past and past participle of bind

    24. Obsolete form of bandy.

    25. A surname from German.

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Derived

A band, absorption band, airband, Alexander's band, Alexander's dark band, Alice band, awareness band, backband, bag and band, baller band, band-aid, band-aid solution, band cup, bandfish, bandgap, bandhead, bandleader, bandless, bandlimited, bandlimiting, bandmixing, bandog, band-pass, band plan, band printer, band saw, band-saw, bandsaw, bandshape, band skyphos, band spectrum, bandspread, band-stop, bandstrength, bandstring, bandstructure, band structure, band-tailed antshrike, band-tailed manakin, bandwidth · +201 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at band. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at band. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at band

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA