bind – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to bind sb to sth
Participle: bound sb to sth
Gerund: binding sb to sth

Cognates

See the 6 cognates of bind

Indicative

Present

I	bind sb to sth
you	bind sb to sth
he;she;it	binds sb to sth
we	bind sb to sth
you	bind sb to sth
they	bind sb to sth

Perfect

I	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
he;she;it	has bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
we	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
they	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth

Past

I	bound sb to sth
you	bound sb to sth
he;she;it	bound sb to sth
we	bound sb to sth
you	bound sb to sth
they	bound sb to sth

Pluperfect

I	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
he;she;it	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
we	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
they	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth

Future

I	will bind sb to sth
you	will bind sb to sth
he;she;it	will bind sb to sth
we	will bind sb to sth
you	will bind sb to sth
they	will bind sb to sth

Future Perfect

I	will have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	will have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
he;she;it	will have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
we	will have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	will have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
they	will have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth

Subjunctive

Present

I	bind sb to sth
you	bind sb to sth
he;she;it	bind sb to sth
we	bind sb to sth
you	bind sb to sth
they	bind sb to sth

Perfect

I	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
he;she;it	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
we	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
they	have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth

Imperfect

I	bound sb to sth
you	bound sb to sth
he;she;it	bound sb to sth
we	bound sb to sth
you	bound sb to sth
they	bound sb to sth

Pluperfect

I	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
he;she;it	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
we	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
they	had bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth

Conditional

Present

I	would bind sb to sth
you	would bind sb to sth
he;she;it	would bind sb to sth
we	would bind sb to sth
you	would bind sb to sth
they	would bind sb to sth

Perfect

I	would have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	would have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
he;she;it	would have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
we	would have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
you	would have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth
they	would have bound sb to sth; bounden sb to sth

Imperative

you	bind sb to sth
we	Let's bind sb to sth
you	bind sb to sth

Indicative

Present

I	am binding sb to sth
you	are binding sb to sth
he;she;it	is binding sb to sth
we	are binding sb to sth
you	are binding sb to sth
they	are binding sb to sth

Perfect

I	have been binding sb to sth
you	have been binding sb to sth
he;she;it	has been binding sb to sth
we	have been binding sb to sth
you	have been binding sb to sth
they	have been binding sb to sth

Past

I	was binding sb to sth
you	were binding sb to sth
he;she;it	was binding sb to sth
we	were binding sb to sth
you	were binding sb to sth
they	were binding sb to sth

Pluperfect

I	had been binding sb to sth
you	had been binding sb to sth
he;she;it	had been binding sb to sth
we	had been binding sb to sth
you	had been binding sb to sth
they	had been binding sb to sth

Future

I	will be binding sb to sth
you	will be binding sb to sth
he;she;it	will be binding sb to sth
we	will be binding sb to sth
you	will be binding sb to sth
they	will be binding sb to sth

Future Perfect

I	will have been binding sb to sth
you	will have been binding sb to sth
he;she;it	will have been binding sb to sth
we	will have been binding sb to sth
you	will have been binding sb to sth
they	will have been binding sb to sth

Conditional

Present

I	would be binding sb to sth
you	would be binding sb to sth
he;she;it	would be binding sb to sth
we	would be binding sb to sth
you	would be binding sb to sth
they	would be binding sb to sth

Perfect

I	would have been binding sb to sth
you	would have been binding sb to sth
he;she;it	would have been binding sb to sth
we	would have been binding sb to sth
you	would have been binding sb to sth
they	would have been binding sb to sth

Verbs conjugated like 'bind'

bind, fight, find, grind, overwind, rebind, regrind, unwind, wind, atwind, autowind, befight, befind, bewind, copyfight, cryogrind, debind, dogfight, fault-find, faultfind, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'bind'

band, bend, bid, bin, bing, bird, blind, bond, bund, find,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to combine more than one item into one: accouple, affix, associate, attach, bewed, clasp, clinch, combine, conglomerate, conglutinate, conjoin, connect, couple, entwine, fay, fix, graft, hitch, hook, inosculate, interlink, join, joint, knit, knot, link, marry, put together, splice, unite, wed, yoke
to make tighter: brace, cinch, clench, constrict, squeeze, taughten, tauten, tense, tighten
to keep under control: behedge, chasten, check, contain, cork, curb, curtail, dampen, hamshackle, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, suppress, throttle, withhold, withstrain
secure: tie, attach, connect, tape, fasten, gird, wrap
confine: constrain, yoke, border, truss, constrict, shackle, encircle, chain
obligate: oblige, force, necessitate, sanction, involve, engage, confirm
indenture: apprentice, enslave

Antonyms

secure: unstable, unsure, loose, unloose

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong verb bindan (bind), grindan (grind) and windan (wind).

Phrasal Verbs

~ over somebody, ~ somebody over, ~ somebody to something,

Etymology

1. O.E. bindan "to tie up with bonds" (lit. and fig.), also "to make captive, to cover with dressings and bandages" (class III strong verb; past tense band, pp. bunden), from PIE base *bhendh- "to bind" (see bend). Bindery first recorded 1810, Amer.Eng.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der.
4. Proto-Germanic *bindaną
5. Proto-West Germanic *bindan
6. Old English bindan
7. Middle English binden
8. English bind
9. From Middle English binden, from Old English bindan, from Proto-West Germanic *bindan, from Proto-Germanic *bindaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéndʰ-e-ti, from *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).
10. See also West Frisian bine, Dutch binden, Low German binnen, binden, German binden, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk binde, Faroese, Icelandic, and Swedish binda; also Welsh ben (“cart”), Latin offendīx (“knot, band”), Lithuanian beñdras (“partner”), Albanian bind (“to convince, to awe, to spell”), Ancient Greek πεῖσμα (peîsma, “cable, rope”), Persian بستن (bastan, “to bind”), Sanskrit बन्धति (bándhati). Doublet of bandana. See: Middle English 'binden', Old English 'bindan', Proto-Germanic '*bindaną', Dutch 'binden', Low Saxon 'binnen', German, old spelling 'binden', Albanian 'bind'.

Verbs referencing "bind"

German, old spelling binden, Middle High German binden, Danish binde, German, Pennsylvania binne, Luxembourgish bannen, Hindi बाँधना, Wymysorys bynda, Punjabi ਬੰਨ੍ਹਣਾ, Punjabi بنھنا.

Sample Sentences

[...] of the third of January eighteen-hundred-and-forty-two, I opened the door of, and put my head into, a ‘state-room ’ on board the Britannia steam-packet, twelve hundred tons burthen per register, bound for Halifax and Boston, and carrying Her Majesty 's mails. (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ Dare say he may be; never was much adapted to anything that I set him about, I'll be bound. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
Long before I looked upon her, the help had come. Her face was radiant with intelligence and pleasure. Her hair, braided by her own hands, was bound about a head, whose intellectual capacity and development were beautifully expressed in its graceful outline, and its broad open brow; her dress, arranged by herself, was a pattern of neatness and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ O Canaan, bright Canaan I 'm bound for the land of Canaan. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
“ He'll be rael mad, I'll be bound, ” said Andy. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] on a charge of theft, was a boy. This lad, instead of being committed to a common jail, would be sent to the asylum at South Boston, and there taught a trade; and in the course of time he would be bound apprentice to some respectable master. Thus, his detection in this offence, instead of being the prelude to a life of infamy and a miserable death, would lead, there was a reasonable hope, to his [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
We went on next morning, still by railroad, to Springfield. From that place to Hartford, whither we were bound, is a distance of only five-and-twenty miles, but at that time of the year the roads were so bad that the journey would probably have occupied ten or twelve hours. Fortunately, however, the winter [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
“ I's older, ye know, ” said Tom, stroking the boy's fine, curly head with his large, strong hand, but speaking in a voice as tender as a woman 's, “ and I sees all that's bound up in you. O, Mas’r George, you has everything,—l’arnin ’, privileges, readin ’, writin’,—and you'll grow up to be a great, learned, good man and all the people on the place and your mother and [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
Did I see in this public body an assemblage of men, bound together in the sacred names of Liberty and Freedom, and so asserting the chaste dignity of those twin goddesses, in all their discussions, as to exalt at once the Eternal Principles to which their [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
After remaining here a couple of days I bound myself to a rigid adherence to the plan I had laid down so recently, and resolved to set forward on our western journey without any more delay. Accordingly, having reduced the luggage within the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
♪ Let's bend the rules ♪ ♪ Then break some hearts ♪ ♪ Ghost town blaze bound ♪ (Rule of Thirds)

bind – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of bind

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'bind'

Verbs similar to 'bind'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "bind"

Sample Sentences