binding
adjEtymology
From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.
- inherited from byndynge
Definitions
Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
- This contract is a legally binding agreement.
- A sworn statement (i.e., "made under oath)"is legally binding.
Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
- Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.
An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
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The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
The association of a named item with an element of a program.
The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
- The Python binding is automatically generated.
The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.
present participle and gerund of bind
The neighborhood
- antonymnon-bindingantonym(s) of “imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured”
- neighbordata-binding
Derived
binding agent, bindingless, bindingly, bindingness, binding number, binding problem, bookbinding, cobinding, egg binding, FNBP1, footbinding, head binding, immunobinding, legally binding, make the cheese more binding, nonbinding, phosphobinding, radiobinding, spellbinding, time binding, time-binding, binding tape, Roxburghe binding
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at binding. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at binding. 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 binding
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