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Meaning of band
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
band
n 1: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart
set goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: {set},
{circle}, {band}, {lot}]
2: instrumentalists not including string players
3: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes
exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding
of bees and wasps" [syn: {band}, {banding}, {stria},
{striation}]
4: an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or
material [syn: {band}, {banding}, {stripe}]
5: a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing [syn:
{dance band}, {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 [syn: {isthmus}, {band}]
9: 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" [syn:
{ring}, {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) [syn: {band},
{ring}]
13: a restraint put around something to hold it together
v 1: bind or tie together, as with a band
2: attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring
birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"
[syn: {ring}, {band}]
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