bind

lier, attacher

Serrer des choses avec une corde, une ficelle ou une bande pour les maintenir ensemble ou en place.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : bind something with something (She bound the sticks with rope.)

Synonymes : tie, fasten

Contraires : untie, unbind

Expressions courantes : bind someone’s hands, bind something together, bind with rope

obliger, engager

Obliger une personne, par la loi ou la morale, à respecter une règle ou une promesse.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : be bound by something (We are bound by the contract.); bind someone to do something (The agreement binds him to pay every month.)

Synonymes : oblige, obligate

Contraires : release

Expressions courantes : bind someone legally, bind someone to

unir, lier

Créer un lien fort entre des personnes ou des choses.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : bind someone to someone/something (Her promise bound her to the group.); bind people/things together (Their shared history binds them together.)

Synonymes : unite, connect, link

Contraires : divide, separate

Expressions courantes : bind people together, bind someone to

lier, se lier

Faire tenir des éléments ensemble en les collant ou en les mélangeant, ou tenir ainsi.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : bind with something (The substance binds with water.); bind something together (The sauce binds the ingredients together.)

Synonymes : combine, stick

Expressions courantes : bind ingredients together, bind with something

relier

Assembler les pages d’un livre et les fixer dans une couverture.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : bind something in something (The book was bound in leather.)

Expressions courantes : bind a book, bind in leather, bind pages together

se gripper, se coincer

Ne plus bouger librement parce que des pièces frottent entre elles ou se bloquent.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : bind up (The sewing machine keeps binding up.)

Synonymes : jam, stick

Expressions courantes : bind up, bind under pressure

embarras, pétrin

Situation compliquée dont il est difficile de sortir ou de trouver la solution.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : in a bind (We are in a bind without a car.)

Synonymes : difficulty, fix, predicament

Expressions courantes : in a bind, get into a bind, out of a bind