bind

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It creates a new anonymous function, binds it to the passed-in scope, and returns it.

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Quick take

something that hinders as if with bonds

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bind gathered in one view.

noun

something that hinders as if with bonds

verb

stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

verb

create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bind.

noun

something that hinders as if with bonds

verb

stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

verb

create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

verb

make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"

verb

wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

verb

secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"

verb

bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"

verb

provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"

verb

fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"

verb

form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"

verb

cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"

Example sentences

It creates a new anonymous function, binds it to the passed-in scope, and returns it.

In my post-college lull, I was once in a major financial bind and ended up doing a brief stint as an academic ghostwriter.

The pattern matching is particularly nice, and that is an example of a features that wouldn't "get in the way" if you're trying to bind to higher-level languages.

According to the Coffeescript docs, they took the syntax from earlier drafts of ES6. Destructuring assignment long predates ES6. Common Lisp had a destructuring-bind macro back in the early 90s, and I'd bet it wasn't a novel invention back then.

When emotions have run high, and parties have antipathy toward one another, it is good practice to help ensure the peace after their fight has been settled to require that they not speak badly of one another and to give a simple mechanism such as binding arbitration to help resolve any follow-on dispute over whether they have done so or not.