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The Meaning of band
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(v. t.) A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.
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(v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
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(v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
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(v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
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(v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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(v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
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(v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
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(v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
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(v. t.) A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.
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(v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
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(v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
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(v. t.) A belt or strap.
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(v. t.) A bond
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(v. t.) Pledge; security.
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(v. t.) To bind or tie with a band.
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(v. t.) To mark with a band.
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(v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
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(v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
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(v. t.) To bandy; to drive away.
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() imp. of Bind.
Synonyms
set
,
circle
,
lot
,
banding
,
stria
,
striation
,
banding
,
stripe
,
dance band
,
dance orchestra
,
isthmus
,
ring
,
ring
,
ring
Homophones
banned
Rhymes
ampersand
,
armband
,
backhand
,
bandstand
,
banned
,
beforehand
,
bland
,
bourland
,
brand
,
brande
,
broadband
,
canned
,
chand
,
command
,
contraband
,
cropland
,
deland
,
demand
,
disband
,
dixieland
,
dreamland
,
expand
,
fairyland
,
fanned
,
farmhand
,
farmland
,
fatherland
,
ferdinand
,
fernand
,
finland
,
firebrand
,
firsthand
,
forehand
,
freehand
,
gland
,
goodland
,
grand
,
grande
,
grandstand
,
grassland
,
greenland
,
hand
,
handstand
,
headband
,
heartland
,
hildebrand
,
hinterland
,
homeland
,
inland
,
laband
,
land
,
lande
,
lapland
,
lefthand
,
longhand
,
lowland
,
mainland
,
mande
,
manned
,
marchand
,
marshland
,
meadowland
,
midland
,
misunderstand
,
moorland
,
motherland
,
newsstand
,
nightstand
,
northland
,
nuland
,
offhand
,
outmanned
,
overland
,
panned
,
parkland
,
planned
,
queensland
,
quicksand
,
rand
,
remand
,
reprimand
,
rhineland
,
samarkand
,
sand
,
secondhand
,
shadowland
,
shand
,
shorthand
,
somaliland
,
southland
,
spanned
,
stagehand
,
stand
,
strand
,
strande
,
streisand
,
tanned
,
thailand
,
timberland
,
undermanned
,
understand
,
unmanned
,
unplanned
,
vande
,
wasteland
,
wetland
,
withstand
,
wonderland
,
woodland