Band (v. t.) 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 |
Band (v. t.) A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. |
Band (v. t.) In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. |
Band (v. t.) That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons |
Band (v. t.) A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. |
Band (v. t.) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. |
Band (v. t.) A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it. |
Band (v. t.) A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. |
Band (v. t.) 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. |
Band (v. t.) A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants. |
Band (v. t.) A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body. |
Band (v. t.) A belt or strap. |
Band (v. t.) A bond |
Band (v. t.) Pledge |
Band (v. t.) To bind or tie with a band. |
Band (v. t.) To mark with a band. |
Band (v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. |
Band (v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose |
Band (v. t.) To bandy |
Band () imp. of Bind. |
Band fish () A small red fish of the genus Cepola |
Reef-band (n.) A piece of canvas sewed across a sail to strengthen it in the part where the eyelet holes for reefing are made. |
Wide (superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides |
Wide (superl.) Having a great extent every way |
Wide (superl.) Of large scope |
Wide (superl.) Of a certain measure between the sides |
Wide (superl.) Remote |
Wide (superl.) Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like. |
Wide (superl.) On one side or the other of the mark |
Wide (superl.) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the mouth organs |
Wide (adv.) To a distance |
Wide (adv.) So as to leave or have a great space between the sides |
Wide (adv.) So as to be or strike far from, or on one side of, an object or purpose |
Wide (n.) That which is wide |
Wide (n.) That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark. |
Wide-awake (a.) Fully awake |
Wide-awake (n.) A broad-brimmed, low-crowned felt hat. |
World-wide (a.) Extended throughout the world |
band aid quick fix quickie quicky | hurried repair |
band-tailed pigeon band-tail pigeon bandtail Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
armlet arm band | a band worn around the arm for decoration |
band | a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) |
band banding stripe | an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material |
band | a restraint put around something to hold it together |
band ring | a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) |
band | 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 |
band | a driving belt in machinery |
Band Aid | trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters |
bandsaw band saw | an endless saw consisting of a toothed metal band that is driven around two wheels |
brake band | a band that can be tightened around a shaft to stop its rotation |
cigar band | a narrow paper band around a cigar |
ring band | jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger, she had rings on every finger, he noted that she wore a wedding band |
rubber band elastic band elastic | a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such as papers) together |
wedding ring wedding band | a ring (usually plain gold) given to the bride (and sometimes one is also given to the groom) at the wedding |
weed mourning band | a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning |
wide-angle lens fisheye lens | a camera lens having a wider than normal angle of view (and usually a short focal length), produces an image that is foreshortened in the center and increasingly distorted in the periphery |
wide area network WAN | a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network |
widebody aircraft wide-body aircraft wide-body twin-aisle airplane | a commercial airliner with two aisles |
wide screen | a projection screen that is much wider than it is high |
wide wale | corduroy with wide ribs |
World Wide Web WWW web | computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol |
wristlet wrist band | a band or bracelet worn around the wrist |
band banding stria striation | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color, chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands, the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps |
isthmus band | a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure |
vocal cord vocal fold vocal band plica vocalis | either of two pairs of folds of mucous membrane projecting into the larynx |
band | a range of frequencies between two limits |
frequency band waveband | a band of adjacent radio frequencies (e.g., assigned for transmitting radio or television signals) |
Asbat al-Ansar Band of Partisans | an extremist Palestinian Sunni group active in Lebanon in the early s that advocates Salafism, responsible for murders and bombings, seeks to overthrow the Lebanese government and control Palestinian refugee camps, funded by al-Qaeda |
set circle band lot | an unofficial association of people or groups, the smart set goes there, they were an angry lot |
band | instrumentalists not including string players |
marching band | a band that marches (as in a parade) and plays music at the same time |
brass band | a group of musicians playing only brass and percussion instruments |
concert band military band | a group of musicians playing brass and woodwind and percussion instruments |
jug band | a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments |
dance band band dance orchestra | a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing |
big band | a large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musicians |
jazz band jazz group combo | a small band of jazz musicians |
rock group rock band | a band of musicians who play rock'n'roll music |
steel band | a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands) |
absorption band | a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths |
ring band | attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify, ring birds, band the geese to observe their migratory patterns |
band | bind or tie together, as with a band |
band oneself league together | attach oneself to a group |
band together confederate | form a group or unite, The groups banded together |
wide wide of the mark | not on target, the kick was wide, the arrow was wide of the mark, a claim that was wide of the truth |
heads-up wide-awake | fully alert and watchful, played heads-up ball |
wide wide-cut full | having ample fabric, the current taste for wide trousers, a full skirt |
unsleeping wide-awake | fully awake, the unsleeping city, so excited she was wide-awake all night |