- nounband (noun) · bands (plural noun)
- a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration:"wads of banknotes fastened with gummed paper bands" · "Victoria settled the velvet band on her hair"
- a plain ring for the finger, especially a gold wedding ring:"a narrow band of gold was her only jewellery"
- ornithologyNORTH AMERICANa ring of metal placed round a bird's leg to identify it:"look for a leg band on the osprey"
- a belt or strap transmitting motion between two wheels or pulleys.
- (bands)a collar with two hanging strips, worn by certain lawyers, clerics, and academics as part of their formal dress:"I'm wearing clerical bands, which are a sign of my office"
- a range of values or a specified category within a series (used especially in financial contexts):"your home was placed in one of eight valuation bands"
- a range of frequencies or wavelengths in a spectrum:"channels in the UHF band"
- any of several groups into which school pupils of the same age are divided on the basis of broadly similar ability:"the top band of pupils"
- archaica thing that restrains, binds, or unites:"must I fall, and die in bands?"
verbband (verb) · bands (third person present) · banded (past tense) · banded (past participle) · banding (present participle)- provide or fit (an object) with something in the form of a strip or ring, for reinforcement or decoration:"doors are banded with iron to make them stronger"
- ornithologyNORTH AMERICANput a band on (a bird) for identification:"the map shows where starlings banded in Holland were later recovered"
- mark (something) with a stripe or stripes of a different colour:"the bird's bill is banded across the middle with black"
- BRITISHallocate to a range or category (used especially in financial contexts):"single adults in a property banded above D will pay more"
- group (school pupils) into classes or sets for teaching purposes:"the infants are banded in terms of their ability"
Originlate Old English (in band), from Old Norse, reinforced in late Middle English by Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to bind.nounband (noun) · bands (plural noun)- a group of people who have a common interest or purpose or who share a common feature:"a band of eminent British researchers"Similar:
- anthropologya subgroup of a tribe:"Philip was born a Shushwap Indian, part of the Little Shushwap band"
- (in Canada) a First Nations community that is officially recognized by the federal government, having an elected government with authority over internal affairs and acknowledged rights to a tract of land:"the legislation requires aboriginal communities to post their band's financial statements online" · "band members have an aboriginal right to fish in the river"
- NORTH AMERICANa herd or flock:"moving bands of caribou"
verbband (verb) · bands (third person present) · banded (past tense) · banded (past participle) · banding (present participle)Originlate Middle English: from Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to banner. - People also ask
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