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      noun
      A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
      A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
      A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
      A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
      A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
      A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
      (architecture) A strip of decoration.
      A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
      In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
      That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
      A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
      (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
      (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
      (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
      (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
      (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
      (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
      (telecommunications) A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.
      A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.
      A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; an instance of this type.
      A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, such as a band of thieves.
      (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and nations.
      A surname from German.
      Ellipsis of marching band. [A group of instrumental musicians who generally perform outdoors, and who often incorporate movement, usually some type of marching, with their musical performance.]
      (Canada) Ellipsis of band government [(Canada) The basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act.]
      (medicine) Ellipsis of band cell. [A cell undergoing granulopoiesis, derived from a metamyelocyte, and leading to a mature granulocyte; it is characterized by having a nucleus that is curved but not lobar.]
      (obsolete) A bond.
      (obsolete) Pledge; security.
      verb
      (transitive) To fasten with a band.
      (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
      (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
      (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
      Obsolete form of bandy. [(transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.]
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