(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.
Waistband
Definition:
(n.) The band which encompasses the waist; esp., one on the upper part of breeches, trousers, pantaloons, skirts, or the like.
(n.) A sash worn by women around the waist.
Example Sentences:
(1) He argued that he had intended to tase Grant, but accidentally shot him after seeing him reach for his waistband.
(2) He was wearing a beautiful tweed jacket, which had a slightly high waistband and he looked so beautiful.
(3) He put his right hand into his waistband and his left hand into a fist, “and he starts charging at me,” Wilson.
(4) In our American imagination, the feared objects which might come out of the waistband of unarmed black male children like Mike Brown or Tamir Rice so frightened armed white men, they’re allowed to kill them.
(5) Officially known as bib shorts, these cruellest of garments are designed to keep kidneys warm during cold, rainy stages and to eliminate any problems with waistbands, which can dig in.
(6) Today we're in a different century, a different millennium, a very different era than the one that first offered up twerpy, earnest, high-waistbanded Astley.
(7) Authorities said the officers told Tamir to raise his hands, and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband .
(8) Aged five, he joined Barnard Castle rugby club , his local team, and started playing tag rugby, where opponents try to swipe a swatch of cloth from their waistband instead of tackling.
(9) I could show you if you really want,” he says jokingly tugging at his waistband.
(10) Two workers on a construction site told police that Alexis walked out of a next-door home on 6 May 2004, pulled a pistol from his waistband and fired three shots into the rear tyres of their parked car .
(11) "His hands were always up your skirt or your top and if you were wearing trousers, he'd find a way to slip them down your waistband.
(12) The boy was confronted on Saturday by officers responding to a 911 call about a male who appeared to be pulling a gun in and out of his waistband.
(13) Female ushers in flowing white robes, gold waistbands and gold shoes smile serenely in the aisles as they collect donations.
(14) Authorities said officers told Tamir to raise his hands, and shot him when he pulled the pellet gun from his waistband.
(15) Deputy chief Ed Tomba said one officer fired twice after the boy pulled the fake weapon, which was lacking the orange safety indicator usually found on the muzzle, from his waistband but had not pointed it at police.
(16) Loehmann claimed he shot because Tamir pulled the pellet gun from his waistband, “had been threatening others with the weapon and had not obeyed our command to show us his hands”.
(17) Agents in Washington spoke to him again in late August after Gonzalez was found near a White House fence with a small hatchet in his waistband.
(18) Photograph: Screen capture The 911 caller also suggested that Tamir was repeatedly pulling the BB gun out of the waistband on his pants.
(19) US army researchers have developed smart underwear, with sensors secreted inside elastic waistbands that track heart rate, body temperature and perspiration, and beam the stats back to a central monitor.
(20) It has always been a favourite spot for guys who prefer to wear their T-shirt tucked into their waistband than on their actual person.