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bind up

bind up verb: to wrap, as with bandages.

Verb

bind up (third-person singular simple present binds up, present participle binding up, simple past and past participle bound up)

  1. (transitive) To wrap, as with bandages.
  2. (transitive) To tie together.
  3. (intransitive) To wear a chest binder or begin chestbinding.

Forms of bind up

third-person singular presentbinds up
present participlebinding up
past participlebound up
pastbound up

Questions about bind up

What does bind up mean?
Bind up means to wrap, as with bandages.
What part of speech is bind up?
Bind up is a verb.
What is the past tense of bind up?
The past tense of bind up is bound up.

Words near bind up in the dictionary

  1. bind over
  2. bind rune
  3. bind runes
  4. bind spell
  5. bind spells
  6. bind up
  7. bind-rune
  8. bind-runes
  9. Binda
  10. bindaas
  11. bindability

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