bind

atar, sujetar

Sujetar cosas con cuerda, hilo o una cinta para mantenerlas juntas o en su sitio.

En inglés sencillo: To tie things tightly together or hold them in place with rope, string, or a band.

• Bind the branches with string.
• They bound his hands behind his back.
• A cloth was used to bind the wound.

Cómo se usa: bind something with something (She bound the sticks with rope.)

Sinónimos: tie, fasten

Antónimos: untie, unbind

Expresiones frecuentes: bind someone’s hands, bind something together, bind with rope

obligar, vincular

Hacer que alguien esté obligado legal o moralmente a cumplir una norma o una promesa.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone legally or morally required to obey a rule or keep a promise.

• This agreement binds both parties.
• We are bound by strict rules.
• His promise bound him to keep the secret.

Cómo se usa: be bound by something (We are bound by the contract.); bind someone to do something (The agreement binds him to pay every month.)

Sinónimos: oblige, obligate

Antónimos: release

Expresiones frecuentes: bind someone legally, bind someone to

unir, vincular

Crear una relación estrecha entre personas o cosas.

En inglés sencillo: To create a close connection between people or things.

• Shared memories bind us together.
• Love bound the family through difficult times.
• A common purpose binds these communities.

Cómo se usa: bind someone to someone/something (Her promise bound her to the group.); bind people/things together (Their shared history binds them together.)

Sinónimos: unite, connect, link

Antónimos: divide, separate

Expresiones frecuentes: bind people together, bind someone to

unir, ligar

Hacer que varias partes se peguen entre sí, o quedar unidas de esa manera.

En inglés sencillo: To stick together, or make separate parts stick together.

• Eggs bind the ingredients together.
• The mixture will bind as it cools.
• These molecules bind with proteins in the blood.

Cómo se usa: bind with something (The substance binds with water.); bind something together (The sauce binds the ingredients together.)

Sinónimos: combine, stick

Expresiones frecuentes: bind ingredients together, bind with something

encuadernar

Unir las páginas de un libro y ponerles una cubierta.

En inglés sencillo: To join a book’s pages together and put them inside a cover.

• They bind each book by hand.
• The poems were bound in red leather.
• Can you bind these pages into one volume?

Cómo se usa: bind something in something (The book was bound in leather.)

Expresiones frecuentes: bind a book, bind in leather, bind pages together

atascarse, trabarse

Dejar de moverse libremente porque las piezas rozan entre sí o se quedan trabadas.

En inglés sencillo: To stop moving freely because parts rub against each other or become stuck.

• The machine starts to bind after an hour.
• This gear binds under pressure.
• A bent shaft can make the mechanism bind.

Cómo se usa: bind up (The sewing machine keeps binding up.)

Sinónimos: jam, stick

Expresiones frecuentes: bind up, bind under pressure

apuro, lío

Situación complicada de la que cuesta salir o que resulta difícil resolver.

En inglés sencillo: A difficult situation that is hard to escape or solve.

• I am in a bind.
• Losing both jobs put us in a terrible bind.
• Can you help me out of this bind?

Cómo se usa: in a bind (We are in a bind without a car.)

Sinónimos: difficulty, fix, predicament

Expresiones frecuentes: in a bind, get into a bind, out of a bind