BINDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binding mean? 

• BINDING (noun)
  The noun BINDING has 5 senses:

1. the capacity to attract and hold something

2. strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration

3. the act of applying a bandage

4. one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall

5. the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

  Familiarity information: BINDING used as a noun is common.

• BINDING (adjective)
  The adjective BINDING has 1 sense:

1. executed with proper legal authority

  Familiarity information: BINDING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINDING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The capacity to attract and hold something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):

attraction; attractiveness (the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts)

Derivation:

bind (form a chemical bond with)

bind (stick to firmly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):

sewing; stitchery (needlework on which you are working with needle and thread)

Derivation:

bind (provide with a binding)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of applying a bandage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bandaging; binding; dressing

Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):

medical aid; medical care (professional treatment for illness or injury)

Derivation:

bind (wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose)

Sense 4

Meaning:

One of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

binding; ski binding

Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):

mechanical device (mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

back; binding; book binding; cover

Context example:

the book had a leather binding

Hypernyms ("binding" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "binding"):

half binding (book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another)

three-quarter binding (the spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover)

Holonyms ("binding" is a part of...):

book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)

Derivation:

bind (provide with a binding)

• BINDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Executed with proper legal authority

Context example:

a binding contract

Similar:

valid (well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member 5 protein, plays a role in both the binding and metabolism of ATP.

(ABCA5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in both ATP binding and catabolism.

(ABCA5 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ATP-binding cassette sub-family A member 2 protein, may play a role in the mediation of cholesterol transport, and neural development.

(ABCA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ATP-binding cassette sub-family F member 2 protein, is involved in ATP hydrolysis.

(ABCF2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member 2 protein, plays a role in transmembrane transport and transcriptional regulation.

(ABCG2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

ABT- 751 binds to the colchicine-binding site on beta-tubulin and inhibits the polymerization of microtubules, thereby preventing tumor cell replication.

(ABT-751, NCI Thesaurus)

Other parts of the predicted AIM1 protein sequence have weak similarity with filament or actin-binding proteins.

(Absent in Melanoma 1, NCI Thesaurus/from OMIM)

Abciximab binds to the GP IIb/IIIa receptor on the platelet membrane, which inhibits the binding of fibrinogen to the GP IIb/IIIa receptor.

(Abciximab, NCI Thesaurus)

That must depend upon the binding.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters form one of the largest known protein families and are widespread in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.

(ABC Transporter Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)