Lexic.us

Definition of Band

1. Verb. Bind or tie together, as with a band.

2. Noun. An unofficial association of people or groups. "They were an angry lot"

3. Verb. Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify. "Band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

4. Noun. Instrumentalists not including string players.

5. Noun. A stripe or stripes of contrasting color. "The black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"

6. Noun. An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material.

7. Noun. A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing.

8. Noun. A range of frequencies between two limits.

9. Noun. A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body).

10. Noun. A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure.

11. Noun. Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger. "He noted that she wore a wedding band"

12. Noun. A driving belt in machinery.

13. Noun. A thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration.

14. Noun. A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration).

15. Noun. A restraint put around something to hold it together.

Definition of Band

1. n. A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

2. v. t. To bind or tie with a band.

3. v. i. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

4. v. t. To bandy; to drive away.

Definition of Band

1. Noun. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together. ¹

2. Noun. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached. ¹

3. Noun. A group of musicians, especially (a) wind and percussion players, or (b) rock musicians. ¹

4. Noun. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band. ¹

5. Noun. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (qualifier a band of thieves). ¹

6. Noun. (physics) A part of radio spectrum. ¹

7. Noun. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material. ''Valence band'', ''conduction band''. ¹

8. Noun. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society. ¹

9. Noun. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada. ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose. ¹

11. Verb. To fasten together with a band. ¹

12. Verb. (ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around (a bird's) leg. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Band

1. to decorate with flexible strips of material [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Band

1. Refers to a narrow portion of a chromosome, which has been darkened by interaction with a dye. Each human chromosome displays a unique pattern of bands and can be identified by its pattern. (14 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Band

banans banat banate banats banausic banc banch banco bancor bancos

bancroftian filariasis bancroftiasis bancroftosis bancs band (current term) band-aid band-aid solution band-aid solutions band-aided band-aiding

band-aids band-saw band-saws band-shaped keratopathy band-stop band-tail pigeon band-tailed antshrike band-tailed pigeon

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