(v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
(v. t.) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
(v. t.) To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
(v. t.) To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
(v. t.) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
(v. t.) To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
(v. t.) To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
(v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
(v. t.) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
(v. t.) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
(v. i.) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
(v. i.) To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.
(v. i.) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
(v. i.) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
(n.) That which binds or ties.
(n.) Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
(n.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.
(n.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
(2) Comparison of the S100 alpha-binding protein profiles in fast- and slow-twitch fibers of various species revealed few, if any, species- or fiber type-specific S100 binding proteins.
(3) Competition with the labelled 10B12 MAb for binding to the purified antigen was demonstrated in sera of tumor-bearing and immune rats.
(4) 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.
(5) Power urges the security council to "take the kind of credible, binding action warranted."
(6) The binding properties of formalin-fixed amelanotic melanoma cells were not identical to those of endothelial or unfixed target cells.
(7) Such an increase in antibody binding occurred simultaneously with an increase in the fluidity of surface lipid regions, as monitored by fluorescence depolarization of 1-(trimethylammoniophenyl)-6-phenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene.
(8) It has been generally believed that the ligand-binding of steroid hormone receptors triggers an allosteric change in receptor structure, manifested by an increased affinity of the receptor for DNA in vitro and nuclear target elements in vivo, as monitored by nuclear translocation.
(9) Lp(a) also complexes to plasmin-fibrinogen digests, and binding increases in proportion to the time of plasmin-induced fibrinogen degradation.
(10) Theoretical computations are performed of the intercalative binding of the neocarzinostatin chromophore (NCS) with the double-stranded oligonucleotides d(CGCG)2, d(GCGC)2, d(TATA)2 and d(ATAT)2.
(11) The LD50 of the following metal-binding chelating drugs, EDTA, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), hydroxyethylenediaminetriacetic acid (HEDTA), cyclohexanediaminotetraacetic acid (CDTA) and triethylenetetraminehexaacetic acid (TTHA) was evaluated in terms of mortality in rats after intraperitoneal administration and was found to be in the order: CDTA greater than EDTA greater than DTPA greater than TTHA greater than HEDTA.
(12) It was also able to inhibit the binding both of alpha-bungarotoxin and rabies virus glycoprotein to the acetylcholine receptor.
(13) We report a series of experiments designed to determine if agents and conditions that have been reported to alter sodium reabsorption, Na-K-ATPase activity or cellular structure in the rat distal nephron might also regulate the density or affinity of binding of 3H-metolazone to the putative thiazide receptor in the distal nephron.
(14) The procedure used in our laboratory was not able to provide accurate determination of the concentrations of these binding forms.
(15) The occupation of the high affinity calcium binding site by Ca(II) and Mn(II) does not influence the Cu(II) binding process, suggesting that there is no direct interaction between this site and the Cu(II) binding sites.
(16) PMN were found to be nonpermissive for HSV replication and were unable to bind virus in the absence of antibody.
(17) Radioligand binding studies revealed the presence of a single class of high-affinity (Kd = 2-6 X 10(-10) M) binding sites for ET-1 in both cells, although the maximal binding capacity of cardiac receptor was about 6- to 12-fold greater than that of vascular receptor.
(18) The transported pIgA was functional, as evidenced by its ability to bind to virus in an ELISA assay and to protect nonimmune mice against intranasal infection with H1N1 but not H3N2 influenza virus.
(19) The monoclonal antibody (mAb), SY38, binds to a cytoplasmic domain of synaptophysin.
(20) Binding data for both ligands to the enzyme yielded nonlinear Scatchard plots that analyze in terms of four negatively cooperative binding sites per enzyme tetramer.
Swaddle
Definition:
(n.) Anything used to swaddle with, as a cloth or band; a swaddling band.
(v. t.) To bind as with a bandage; to bind or warp tightly with clothes; to swathe; -- used esp. of infants; as, to swaddle a baby.
(v. t.) To beat; to cudgel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Many are swaddled in grey UNHCR blankets, which are discarded by the side of the road either because they are wet and heavy, or because the refugees are not aware that they will spend many more hours in the open air.
(2) This "swaddling clothes test" has made it possible to establish, for the first time, the microbiological characteristics indicating the degree of epidemic well-being in obstetric institutions.
(3) More often than not in Perlman's career it has been swaddled, daubed, be-horned, encrusted and variously garlanded with the work of the great pioneering makeup technicians of the last 30 years, including Rick Baker, Dick Smith and Stan Winston (Perlman is, all else apart, a crucial figure in the history of movie makeup).
(4) There is a group in the foreground of pale-skinned people who in some ways represent the flight into Egypt – a woman with a swaddled baby, a bearded Joseph figure, a sinister child with a bow and arrow, and an even more sinister child battling a nasty goat next to a spilled water vessel.
(5) Some current investigators have noted that the inhibition of movement by swaddling seems to quiet irritable babies and this might be a useful nursing intervention.
(6) Swaddling is an ancient practice which has been used for many reasons in almost every country in the world.
(7) High levels of insulation for a given room temperature were found particularly at night and in winter, and were associated with the use of thick or doubled duvets and with swaddling.
(8) Let your kid roll around in the dirt, get a pet – don’t swaddle them in a sterile cloth.
(9) The review finds no evidence for the benefits of acupuncture, chiropractic care, or for massage or swaddling for comfort.
(10) Effective strategies to care for these infants included recognizing states and cues, swaddling, use of pacifier, waking to eat, and smaller feedings.
(11) Erla, 37, a lawyer, swaddled in a thick, red mac, says that as an Icelandic woman you can always count on the support of your sisters, and it was in this spirit she attended the Women Strike Back march last year, a protest against the pay gap and sexual violence.
(12) In Turkey and China the ancient practice of swaddling is still commonly practiced.
(13) Speaking in Germany last week, Neil MacGregor described his compatriots’ habit of swaddling themselves in their past as if it were a blanket.
(14) At 2 weeks, infants' HR levels and crying declined significantly more rapidly in the pacifier than in the swaddling condition.
(15) Nearby, a young mother sits on the cold, damp pavement with her tiny infant swaddled in a blanket, begging from passersby.
(16) The "swaddling ethos" is posited to serve as a homeostat whose regulatory function can be discerned through the analysis of family structure and process, in particular through the explication of values, affective patterns, roles, boundaries, and structural units within the family.
(17) During the next four days of the same months, the same infants were monitored with no swaddling.
(18) Due to the open nature of the event, it was also about people who weren’t sure why Reed's dark lyrics were echoing through a manicured plaza, just outside New York City's performing arts library: I'm bigger, smarter, stronger, tough Yet sensitive and kind And though I could crush you like a bug It will never cross my mind The crowd was littered with people swaddled in down jackets to brace from the cold and far more people wore leather jackets than appropriate for the chilly temperature.
(19) No clear long-term effects of swaddling have been demonstrated.
(20) Might it be safest, if the Wass experiment goes ahead, to pick a lightweight Windsor, such as the hawker of endorsements Zara Phillips or the less worrying of the two Fergie daughters, then swaddle the royal inside a light casing of removable padding that could be adjusted in case of weight gain?