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Meaning of بند in English

  • So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder.
  • A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
  • of Cease
  • An assessment or tax.
  • of Cloister
  • Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.
  • Furnished with cloisters.
  • of Close
  • Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
  • Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.
  • of Closet
  • of Cloy
  • of Discontinue
  • To impede or bar by estoppel.
  • of Etch
  • In a general sense, denoting from or away from; as:
  • Denoting distance or separation; as, the house is a mile off.
  • Denoting the action of removing or separating; separation; as, to take off the hat or cloak; to cut off, to pare off, to clip off, to peel off, to tear off, to march off, to fly off, and the like.
  • Denoting a leaving, abandonment, departure, abatement, interruption, or remission; as, the fever goes off; the pain goes off; the game is off; all bets are off.
  • Denoting a different direction; not on or towards: away; as, to look off.
  • Denoting opposition or negation.
  • Away; begone; -- a command to depart.
  • Not on; away from; as, to be off one's legs or off the bed; two miles off the shore.
  • On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg.
  • Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics.
  • The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.
  • Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.
  • of Shut
  • To close so as to hinder ingress or egress; as, to shut a door or a gate; to shut one's eyes or mouth.
  • To forbid entrance into; to prohibit; to bar; as, to shut the ports of a country by a blockade.
  • To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
  • To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book.
  • To close itself; to become closed; as, the door shuts; it shuts hard.
  • Closed or fastened; as, a shut door.
  • Rid; clear; free; as, to get shut of a person.
  • Formed by complete closure of the mouth passage, and with the nose passage remaining closed; stopped, as are the mute consonants, p, t, k, b, d, and hard g.
  • Cut off sharply and abruptly by a following consonant in the same syllable, as the English short vowels, /, /, /, /, /, always are.
  • The act or time of shutting; close; as, the shut of a door.
  • A door or cover; a shutter.
  • The line or place where two pieces of metal are united by welding.
  • Furnished with shutters.
  • Not separated by inclosures; open.
  • Not finished; not concluded.
  • Not closed; not sealed; open.

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