"bind off" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "binds off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "binding off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bound off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bound off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "bind<,,bound> off"
      },
      "expansion": "bind off (third-person singular simple present binds off, present participle binding off, simple past and past participle bound off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Knitting",
          "orig": "en:Knitting",
          "parents": [
            "Crafts",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To end a column of stitches by trapping its final stitch in a way that prevents unraveling."
      ],
      "id": "en-bind_off-en-verb-XG~jrMgJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "knitting",
          "knitting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "column",
          "column"
        ],
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "unraveling",
          "unraveling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, knitting) To end a column of stitches by trapping its final stitch in a way that prevents unraveling."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cast off"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bind off"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bind offs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bind off (plural bind offs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Knitting",
          "orig": "en:Knitting",
          "parents": [
            "Crafts",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I’ve learned a new bind off that’s perfect for cuffs and brims of hats.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A technique used to bind off stitches."
      ],
      "id": "en-bind_off-en-noun-Wcfp~Dt1",
      "links": [
        [
          "knitting",
          "knitting#Noun"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(knitting) A technique used to bind off stitches."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bind off"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "binds off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "binding off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bound off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bound off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "en:Knitting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To end a column of stitches by trapping its final stitch in a way that prevents unraveling."
      ],
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        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "knitting",
          "knitting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "column",
          "column"
        ],
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "unraveling",
          "unraveling"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive, knitting) To end a column of stitches by trapping its final stitch in a way that prevents unraveling."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cast off"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bind off"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
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    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bind offs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "en:Knitting"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I’ve learned a new bind off that’s perfect for cuffs and brims of hats.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A technique used to bind off stitches."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knitting",
          "knitting#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(knitting) A technique used to bind off stitches."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bind off"
}