Noun

band (plural bands)Category:English lemmas#BANDCategory:English nouns#BANDCategory:English countable nouns#BANDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
   1. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
      • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

        The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

        Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

   2. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
      • 1843, Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt:

        band and gusset and seam

        Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

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   3. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
   4. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
2. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

   sandstone with bands of shaleCategory:English terms with collocations#BAND

   • 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:

     [...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

3. (architectureCategory:en:Architecture#BAND) A strip of decoration.
   1. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
   2. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
4. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
   • 1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War‎, Supplement:

     For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

5. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
6. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

   Hyponym: preaching band

7. (physicsCategory:en:Physics#BAND) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
8. (physicsCategory:en:Physics#BAND) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

   valence band;  conduction bandCategory:English terms with collocations#BAND

9. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BAND) A bond.
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:

     OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter,
     Haſt thou according to thy oath and band
     Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon:
     Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale,
     Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare,
     Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?

     Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

10. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BAND) Pledge; security.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

      He sent to her his basenet as a faithfull band.

      Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

11. (especially USCategory:American English#BAND) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
12. (sciencesCategory:en:Sciences#BAND) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
13. (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#BAND) Ellipsis of band cellCategory:English ellipses#BAND.
14. (slangCategory:English slang#BAND, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
    • 2014, “Trap Queen”, performed by Fetty Wap:

      She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go

      Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

15. (telecommunicationsCategory:en:Telecommunications#BAND) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.

    Synonym: frequency band

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)Category:English lemmas#BANDCategory:English verbs#BANDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BAND) To fasten with a band.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Poet’s Midnight”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 54:

     As he spake, his eyes rested on the graves below. "Yes," muttered the youth, "they are sufficient answer; they are indeed the end of all human hope."
     Mechanically he turned from one to another. Some were recently banded down with osiers, and the grass was varied with primrose roots; on some the foxglove grew luxuriantly, while others had a tombstone, carved with a name and a brief epitaph.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:

     "Come, come, 'Orace," said the inspector, leisurely elastic-banding his book and putting it away, "you aren't supposed to be fishing down that hole, you know. Is it O.K. there?"

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2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BAND, ornithologyCategory:en:Ornithology#BAND) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Noun

band (plural bands)Category:English lemmas#BANDCategory:English nouns#BANDCategory:English countable nouns#BANDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

2. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

   Hyponyms: brass band, silver bandCategory:English links with manual fragments#BAND, iron band; rock band, jazz band, garage band

   musical bandCategory:English terms with collocations#BAND;   session bandCategory:English terms with collocations#BAND;   studio bandCategory:English terms with collocations#BAND;   touring bandCategory:English terms with collocations#BAND;   bar bandCategory:English terms with collocations#BAND

4. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
6. Ellipsis of marching bandCategory:English ellipses#BAND.
8. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, “Robin Hood Turns Butcher”, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC, part second, page 47:

     But in the mean time Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

     Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

   • 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Good Witch Grants Dorothy’s Wish”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 256:

     "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

     Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

9. (anthropologyCategory:en:Anthropology#BAND) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
10. (CanadaCategory:Canadian English#BAND) Ellipsis of band governmentCategory:English ellipses#BAND.

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)Category:English lemmas#BANDCategory:English verbs#BANDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#BAND) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 23:12, signature O2, verso, column 2:

     And when it was day, certaine of the Iewes banded together, […]

     Category:English terms with quotations#BAND

2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BAND, educationCategory:en:Education#BAND) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

Verb

bandCategory:English non-lemma forms#BANDCategory:English verb forms#BANDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#BAND) simple past and past participle of bind

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)Category:English lemmas#BANDCategory:English verbs#BANDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. Obsolete form of bandyCategory:English obsolete forms#BAND.

Pronunciation

Noun

bandCategory:Chinese lemmas#BANDCategory:Chinese nouns#BANDCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. (CantoneseCategory:Cantonese Chinese#BAND) band (group of musicians) (Classifier: 隊／队 c)Category:Chinese nouns classified by 隊/队#BAND

   • 期望快快成為世界最勁嘅Band [Cantonese, trad.]
     期望快快成为世界最劲嘅Band [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1987, 許冠傑Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#BANDCategory:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#BAND (Samuel Hui), 潮流興夾Band

     kei⁴ mong⁶ faai^3-2 faai³ sing⁴ wai⁴ sai³ gaai³ zeoi³ ging⁶ ge³ ben¹ [Jyutping]

     Hoping that we'll quickly become the world's best band

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   • C：邊隊band先？
     A：係囖。冇講到係邊隊band。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     C：边队band先？
     A：系𱕌。冇讲到系边队band。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1998, 收音機1 (Radio 1), Hong Kong Cantonese Corpus (HKCanCor)

     C: bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ sin¹?
     A: hai⁶ lo¹. mou⁵ gong² dou³ hai⁶ bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹. [Jyutping]

     C: So which band?
     A: Indeed, they didn't mention which band.

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   • 彈結他嗰個通常係一隊band嘅中心，表演嗰陣要好似leader咁帶住隊band，好自然就會吸引到觀眾嘅目光㗎喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     弹结他嗰个通常系一队band嘅中心，表演嗰阵要好似leader咁带住队band，好自然就会吸引到观众嘅目光㗎喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2010, TVB-J2, K-ON！輕音少女Category:Chinese links with redundant wikilinks#BANDCategory:Chinese links with redundant alt parameters#BAND (K-On!), season 1, episode 2

     taan⁴ git^3-6 taa¹ go² go³ tung¹ soeng⁴ hai⁶ jat¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ ge³ zung¹ sam¹, biu² jin² go² zan⁶ jiu³ hou² ci⁵ li¹ daa⁴ gam² daai³ zyu⁶ deoi⁶ ben¹, hou² zi⁶ jin⁴ zau⁶ wui⁵ kap¹ jan⁵ dou^3-2 gun¹ zung³ ge³ muk⁶ gwong¹ gaa³ laa³. [Jyutping]

     The guitarist is usually the center of a band and has to lead the band during performances, and naturally becomes the audience's center of attention.

     Category:Cantonese terms with quotations

Pronunciation

Verb

bandCategory:Chinese lemmas#BANDCategory:Chinese verbs#BANDCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#BAND) alternative form of ban
   • 2014 July 5, “孫耀威冒解約危機為動物發聲”, in 東網‎, 繽FUN星網:

     Eric還透露將會準備巡迴演唱會，但遇阻滯，「我已經被會場band咗3次，不過好似通常都要band5次先成事 [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
     Eric还透露将会准备巡回演唱会，但遇阻滞，「我已经被会场band咗3次，不过好似通常都要band5次先成事 [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]

     Eric waan⁴ tau³ lou⁶ zoeng¹ wui⁵ zeon² bei⁶ ceon⁴ wui⁴ jin² coeng³ wui^6-2, daan⁶ jyu⁶ zo² zai⁶, “ngo⁵ ji⁵ ging¹ bei⁶ wui^6-2 coeng⁴ ben¹ zo² 3 ci³, bat¹ gwo³ hou² ci⁵ tung¹ soeng⁴ dou¹ jiu³ ben¹ 5 ci³ sin¹ sing⁴ si⁶ [Jyutping]

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːnd/, [b̥æːnd̥]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#BAND

Noun

band n (singular definite bandet, plural indefinite band or bands)Category:Danish lemmas#BANDCategory:Danish nouns#BANDCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Danish neuter nouns#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. band

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban/, [b̥ænˀ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#BAND

Noun

band n (singular definite bandet, not used in plural form)Category:Danish lemmas#BANDCategory:Danish nouns#BANDCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Danish neuter nouns#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. (rareCategory:Danish terms with rare senses#BAND) excommunication

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban/, [b̥ænˀ]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#BAND

Noun

band c or nCategory:Danish lemmas#BANDCategory:Danish nouns#BANDCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Danish common-gender nouns#BANDCategory:Danish neuter nouns#BANDCategory:Danish nouns with multiple genders#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. (rareCategory:Danish terms with rare senses#BAND) swear word

Verb

bandCategory:Danish non-lemma forms#BANDCategory:Danish verb forms#BANDCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. imperative of bande

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑnt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BAND

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#BAND
• Hyphenation: band
• Rhymes: -ɑntCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɑnt#BANDCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɑnt/1 syllable#BAND

Noun

band m (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BANDCategory:Dutch nouns#BANDCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BANDCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. bond, connection, relationship, liaison, tie (attachment, as in a relation)

   Ik heb geen goede band met God. ― I don't have a good relationship with God.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#BAND

2. band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) (clarification of this definition is needed)Category:Requests for clarification of definitions in Dutch entries#BAND
3. ribbon or object of similar shape
   1. tire / tyre (e.g., a car tyre)
   2. tape (magnetic tape, video tape)
   3. belt (martial arts belt)
   4. belt (conveyor belt)
4. (physicsCategory:nl:Physics#BAND) interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena
   1. range of energy levels in a solid state material
   2. interval in the light spectrum
5. bank (the bank of a pool table)

Noun

band n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BANDCategory:Dutch nouns#BANDCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#BANDCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. ribbon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛnt/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BAND

• Audio:

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  Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#BAND
• Hyphenation: band
• Rhymes: -ɛntCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnt#BAND

Noun

band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#BANDCategory:Dutch nouns#BANDCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#BANDCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BANDCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#BANDCategory:Pages with entries#BANDCategory:Pages with 15 entries#BAND

1. (musicCategory:nl:Music#BAND) band

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Related terms

• binda
• bundinn