🤝 To connect emotionally 🪢 To tie tightly 🔗 To join closely 😬 A difficult situation 📜 To make obligated 📚 To cover a book 🥔 To cause constipation

to bind

92 4.2

To make people feel close to each other

verb
/baɪnd/

: unir

Or maybe he senses that something binds us, that we have been bound to each other.
bind together
ties that bind
bind people together

Because what binds is not just the absurd itself.

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Examples

I love Britain and I love the values that bind us all together.
Ah, for me, it reminds me of the things in life that bind me together.

Simchas and Sorrows (2022)
And those are the real stars, the real people that you bind them to you.
We like we're so bound by the community and the culture and the people that we love and respect.
Despite this, he does remain bound to the community around him.

Academic text (2012)
For that moment, at least, she had bound them to her, and she was indeed their queen.

Fiction book (1993)
They bind you, bind you to a sense of larger purpose, meaning divinity, bind you to other people.

The Minimalists
This is very much a Dirkanian idea of what binds people together can be their differences.
Love is a tie that binds; in this case, it would bind souls together telepathically.

Academic text (1991)
You and I will be bound together for all eternity.

Synonyms

to connect

vsto bind

540 1.8

Build a friendly relationship with someone by talking or listening

centers on forming close social or emotional ties, not just contact

to connect with

vsto bind

292 3.2

To feel close to someone and understood by them

means forming close social or emotional ties through connection

to tie

vsto bind

249 3.9

To form a close connection with other people

implies a closer emotional connection rather than a simple link

to bond

vsto bind

182 2.9

To form a close relationship with someone

focuses on social or emotional closeness rather than other ties

to bond with

vsto bind

91 3.7

To form a close, trusting relationship with someone, like a friend or pet

forms close social or emotional connection without stressing trust

to connect with people

vsto bind

33 3.5

Make others feel understood and build a friendly relationship

focuses on close personal connection, not only general understanding

to attach

vsto bind

30 2.9

To feel a strong connection to a person or thing

emphasizes close personal connection rather than a broader feeling

Antonyms

to alienate

104 6.7

To make someone feel alone and lose support from others

to disconnect

104 3.5

To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power

Idioms

to bind hand and foot

Informal

1 8.0

To stop someone completely from acting freely

Phrasal Verbs

to bind over

Jargon

2 9.8

To order a defendant to be kept in custody or to obey certain rules until a later court hearing

to bind off

Jargon

1 7.8

To finish a row of knitting by securing stitches so they do not come undone

Compounds

double bind

Specialized

3 8.1

A situation where you are given two conflicting demands you cannot satisfy, often from someone in charge

How Close

to unite

222 2.1

to bind

92 4.2

to befriend

58 3.0

to connect

540 1.8

associate

403 3.2

Surface Forms

bind infinitive

binding present participle

binds third person singular

bound past

bound past participle

Etymology

Bind (verb, connect people) comes from the old idea of 'tying' people together, the same idea you find in bond, so shared experiences can 'tie' people into friendship. So to bind people is to make them feel closely connected.