band

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.; A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

• The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.; A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

• band and gusset and seam

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.; A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.; A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

• sandstone with bands of shale

A strip of decoration.; A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

A strip of decoration.; In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

• For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.in-plural

To fasten with a band.transitive

• "Come, come, 'Orace," said the inspector, leisurely elastic-banding his book and putting it away, "you aren't supposed to be fishing down that hole, you know. Is it O.K. there?"

To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).transitive

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

• musical band
• session band

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.

Ellipsis of marching band.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.

• But in the mean time Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very
• "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for eve

A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.

Ellipsis of band government.Canadaabbreviationalt-of

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

• And when it was day, certaine of the Iewes banded together, […]

To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.transitive

simple past and past participle of bindform-ofobsoleteparticiple

Obsolete form of bandy.alt-ofobsolete