binding

Meanings

Adjective

• Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
• Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.

Noun

• An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
• The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
• A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
• The association of a named item with an element of a program.
• The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.
• The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.

Verb

• Present participle of bind

Related

Similar words

• bounden, obligatory

Opposite words

• non-binding

Narrower meaning words

• data-binding

Origin

• From Middle English byndyng; equivalent to bind + -ing.