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Band

noun

1.

An unofficial association of people or groups. Synonyms: circle, lot, set. "They were an angry lot"

2.

Instrumentalists not including string players.

3.

A stripe or stripes of contrasting color. Synonyms: banding, stria, striation. "The black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"

4.

An adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material. Synonyms: banding, stripe.

5.

A group of musicians playing popular music for dancing. Synonyms: dance band, dance orchestra.

6.

A range of frequencies between two limits.

7.

A thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body).

8.

A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure. Synonym: isthmus.

9.

Jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger. Synonym: ring. "He noted that she wore a wedding band"

10.

A driving belt in machinery.

11.

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.

12.

A strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration). Synonym: ring.

13.

A restraint put around something to hold it together.

verb

(past & past part. banded; pres. part. banding)

1.

Bind or tie together, as with a band.

2.

Attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify. Synonym: ring. "Band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"

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"Band" Quotes from Famous Books

... the band of Gipsies into the mountains. The real horror of his act did not come home to him till then. Ah, the remorse! But it was too late. They dressed the little one in rags. But when I ran away from them I took her little shoes and cloak ...

— The Goose Girl • Harold MacGrath

... his band had been killed or captured, every one; he had lost his right arm; he hid for many years in the lower woods of Abruzzo; he came down at night to the farmhouses, the people gave him food and drink, ...

— The Waters of Edera • Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida

... of golden hair, who ride on white horses and throw us provocative glances, that warm and quicken our innermost hearts. But just as we are on the point of responding to their fond entreaties we are startled by the cracking of the wild hunter's whip, and we hear the loud hallo and huzza of his band, and see them galloping across our path in the eerie mysterious moonlight. Yes, in "Atta Troll" there is plenty of that moonshine, of that tender sentimentality, which used to be the principal stock-in-trade ...

— Atta Troll • Heinrich Heine

... in his satisfied, joyous tones. He had won the victory, and could afford to be very gracious and generous. Hilda felt as if a band of iron had closed round her heart. She was too gentle and sweet in her nature to be long angry with her husband. Her face was a little paler than usual, however, and her eyes had a weary look ...

— A Young Mutineer • Mrs. L. T. Meade

... head. The main garment is a long robe reaching from the neck to the feet, "worn in much the same manner as the peplos on early Greek female figures." Round the neck of the robe are two rows of stars painted in red, probably meant to represent embroidery. A little below the knee is another band of embroidery, from which the robe falls in folds or pleats, which gather closely around the legs. Above the long robe is worn a mantle, which covers the right arm and shoulder, and thence hangs down below the right knee, passing also in ...

— History of Phoenicia • George Rawlinson

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