Band /(bănd)/

1. 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.

   Every one's bands were loosed.

2. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. (Arch.)
3. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
4. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
5. Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
6. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.
7. A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

   Troops of horsemen with his bands of foot.

8. A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals; as, a high school's marching band.
9. A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants. (Bot.)
10. A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body. (Zool.)
11. A belt or strap. (Mech.)
12. A bond. [Obs.]
13. Pledge; security. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. Banded; p. pr. & vb. n. Banding

1. To bind or tie with a band.
2. To mark with a band.
3. To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

1. To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

   Certain of the Jews banded together.

1. To bandy; to drive away. [Obs.]

1. imp. of Bind. [Obs.]