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. |
Ripple
(v.) An implement, with teeth like those of a comb, for removing the seeds and seed vessels from flax, broom corn, etc. |
Ripple
(v. t.) To remove the seeds from (the stalks of flax, etc.), by means of a ripple. |
Ripple
(v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear. |
Ripple
(v. i.) To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when agitated or running over a rough bottom |
Ripple
(v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore. |
Ripple
(v. t.) To fret or dimple, as the surface of running water |
Ripple
(n.) The fretting or dimpling of the surface, as of running water |
Ripple
(n.) A little wave or undulation |
Ripple
(n.) a small wave on the surface of water or other liquids for which the driving force is not gravity, but surface tension. |
Ripple
(n.) the residual AC component in the DC current output from a rectifier, expressed as a percentage of the steady component of the current. |
Ripple-marked
(a.) Having ripple marks. |
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 |
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) |
ripple
rippling
riffle
wavelet | a small wave on the surface of a liquid |
| ripple | (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value |
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) |
| ripple mark | one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind |
| absorption band | a dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths |
English plantain
narrow-leaved plantain
ribgrass
ribwort
ripple-grass
buckthorn Plantago lanceolata | an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions |
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 |
ripple
ruffle
riffle
cockle
undulate | stir up (water) so as to form ripples |
ripple
babble
guggle
burble
bubble
gurgle | flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise, babbling brooks |
band oneself
league together | attach oneself to a group |
band together
confederate | form a group or unite, The groups banded together |