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Definition band

Etymology 1

From Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *band?, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic bandur (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

Noun

band (plural bands)

1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
   1. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
   2. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
   3. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
   4. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
2. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
3. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
   1. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
   2. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
4. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
5. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
6. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
7. (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
8. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
9. (obsolete) A bond.
10. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
11. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
12. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
13. (medicine) Short for band cell.
14. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

1. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
2. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Etymology 2

From Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to tie; bond, band”).

Noun

band (plural bands)

1. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
2. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
3. A marching band.
4. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
5. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
6. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

1. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

Etymology 3

Verb

band

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of bind

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