Bind in a sentence as a noun

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.

Bind in a sentence as a verb

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.

Bind definitions

noun

something that hinders as if with bonds

verb

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

See also: adhere bond stick

verb

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

See also: attach bond

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

See also: bandage

verb

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

See also: truss

verb

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

See also: oblige hold obligate

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"

See also: constipate