upbind
/ʌpˈbaɪnd/
upbind verb: to bind up.
Verb
upbind (third-person singular simple present upbinds, present participle upbinding, simple past and past participle upbound)
- To bind up.
- All these the daughters of old Nereus were, / Which have the sea in charge to them assign'd, / To rule his tides, and surges to uprear, / To bring forth storms, or fast them to upbind, / And sailors save from wrecks of wrathful wind.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, published 1758, Canto XLI, page 149
- But when the night cast up her shade aloft, / And all earth's colors strange in sable dy'd, / He light, and as he could his wounds upbound, / And shook ripe dates down from a palm he found.1600, Edward Fairfax, Torquato Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne, or Jerusalem Delivered, Book X Stanza V
Forms of upbind
| third-person singular present | upbinds |
|---|---|
| present participle | upbinding |
| past participle | upbound |
| past | upbound |
Origin of upbind
From up- + bind.
Words that rhyme with upbind
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- rind
- signed
- unbind
- unkind
- unmind
- aligned
- chined
- combined
- defined
- designed
- Glynde
- hind
- inclined
- intertwined
- rebind
- spined
- to one's mind
- unassigned
- undersigned
- uninclined
- unlined
- upwind
- vined
- wynd
- amind
- animalkind
- assigned
- brined
- crined
- declined
- dined
- enshrined
- entwined
- fined
- humankind
- mined
- misaligned
- pined
- presence of mind
- re-signed
- realigned
- reassigned
- redefined
- redesigned
- remind
- resigned
- rined
- shined
Questions about upbind
- What does upbind mean?
- Upbind means to bind up.
- What part of speech is upbind?
- Upbind is a verb.
- How do you pronounce upbind?
- Upbind is pronounced /ʌpˈbaɪnd/.
- What is the past tense of upbind?
- The past tense of upbind is upbound.
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