(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.
(v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.
(v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
(v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
(v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
(v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
(v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
(v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.
(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.
(v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.
(v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.
(v. t.) A belt or strap.
(v. t.) A bond
(v. t.) Pledge; security.
(v. t.) To bind or tie with a band.
(v. t.) To mark with a band.
(v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
(v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.
(v. t.) To bandy; to drive away.
() imp. of Bind.
Example Sentences:
(1) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
(2) Oligoclonal bands were not detected in any of the sera or CSF.
(3) Each profile is described by a simple sequence of band transitions (BT-sequence).
(4) A modification of Mason's vertical banded gastroplasty for morbid obesity is presented, along with experience from 62 treated patients.
(5) The intensity of the type III specific peptide bands correlates with the type III content of the samples.
(6) After Western blot, 2 of the 5 protein bands of swine-cag (27 and 57 kD) and 3 of the 8 protein bands of human cag (27, 32, and 57 kD) reacted with the anti-Toxoplasma antibody used in the ELISA.
(7) One major band with a molecular weight of 12,000 was detected by autofluorography and coincided with the Coomassie staining band of apocytochrome c from S. cerevisiae.
(8) Sera from three of these patients gave a precipitin band in gel diffusion tests identical to that produced by a monospecific rabbit anti-E. granulosus antigen 5 serum, when tested against whole hydatid fluid.
(9) The family history and associated anomalies were recorded and particular attention was paid to temperature gradients and neurocirculatory deficits with respect to band location.
(10) A standard protocol is reported for the highly efficient demonstration of replication patterns corresponding to R-type and G-type banding.
(11) The field of labeling formed a continuous band from rostro-laterally to caudo-medially.
(12) The reason I liked them was because they were a band, and my dad had a band.
(13) One of the HEF bands can be separated from two others with beta-alanine as discrete spacer.
(14) In all these subjects, fluorescent staining and G-banding on chromosomes from cultured leukocytes confirmed their karyotype.
(15) Thus, whereas CD3-associated molecules isolated from polyclonal CD3+WT31+ populations (expanded in IL 2 under the same culture conditions) appeared as diffuse bands, CD3-associated molecules isolated from CD3+WT31- populations displayed a homogeneous molecular mass.
(16) Inclusion-forming and non-inclusion-forming elementary bodies focused in one band at pI 4.64.
(17) Two Raman bands at 880 and 1360 cm-1 of tryptophan (Trp) side chains have been found useful in structural studies of the side chains in proteins.
(18) Results of this sort are reminiscent of several related findings that have been attributed to auditory adaptation or enhancement, or to a temporally developing critical-band filter.
(19) The results showed that twenty-eight bands were significantly rearranged (P less than 0.05).
(20) The "Mg(2+)-Sarkosyl crystals" (M band) technique distinguishes between membrane-bound and free intracellular DNA.
Cravat
Definition:
(n.) A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cheerful and eager to be helpful, he arrives to collect me the following morning, dressed in sagging brown corduroy jacket, faded blue T-shirt, blue silk cravat and socks beneath his Velcro-strapped sandals.
(2) Simmons was struck by the cravat, but also by a third man hovering in the doorway during viewings.
(3) His own painting which he had to show me was Self Portrait, Reflection, now quite a well-known work of him clutching at a loosely tied scarf or cravat.
(4) A silk scarf tied as a cravat was a recurring motif, appearing at shows as diverse as Margaret Howell and JW Anderson.
(5) He was always impeccably turned out - always a suit and tie, when the rest of us slobs slumped around the screening rooms in jeans - though he favoured a raffish cravat, brilliant white slacks and a huge pair of aviator-style sunglasses when on the Croisette at Cannes.
(6) Harry Crane's cravat, hairpiece and comedy specs aren't a million miles away from what Austin Powers wears in Goldmember – perfect for a character who always tries that little bit too hard.
(7) We met in Canada, and I wore a three-piece suit, a cravat, my hair tied back, and earrings.
(8) "It's all about giving someone a slice of a dreeeam," he emotes, cravat throbbing with pride, as he disappears into the distance, oblivious to the fact that nobody is listening, let alone remotely interested in his opinion of their skirting boards.
(9) The skit features the twosome as Bryce Shivers (Ronseal tan, lilac cravat) and Lisa Eversman (think Linda Barker at her most deranged), a pair of designers who think anything from teapots and tote bags to toast can be spruced up by daubing a silhouette of a bird on it.
(10) Because the practice of putting characters on products is so prevalent, Nittono, a placid, smiling man who wears a cravat, has been working with the government on developing products that are intrinsically cute.
(11) The other Gauguin, Young Man with a Flower, is a painting of a Tahitian youth wearing a white shirt, loose cravat and a white blossom tucked behind his ear.
(12) His military background is written all over him, with a red cravat, a black beret and a tough look.
(13) The glimpse of Baudelaire continues: "He was without a cravat, his shirt open at the neck and his head shaved, just as if he were going to be guillotined."
(14) Another memorable client was the owner of a Dutch jewellers, flat-hunting with his blazer- and cravat-wearing 19-year-old son.
(15) David Price, wrapped up in flat cap, cravat and Barbour against the chill wind, can't quite decide.
(16) It's not easy forging a future as the heir to one of Britain's grandest stately homes when your present is up to its cravat in the past.
(17) Dressed up for the occasion in fedoras, fezzes and endless varieties of neckwear, from long woollen scarves to cravats, the heaving crowds packed the streets of Cardiff to watch the newest incarnation of Doctor Who, played by Peter Capaldi , walk down the red carpet and into the world premiere of the show's eighth series.
(18) Bullard wears loosely knotted cravats and has the faintest shadow of a beard, like the ghost of a beard that threw itself off a dado rail when it realised it would never be beautiful enough to sit next to the Air Wick plug-in in Tori Spelling's downstairs bog.
(19) "It couldn't be further from the stuffy or pretentious theatre that blokes wearing cravats and cords enjoy."