band
IPA: bˈænd
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.
- (obsolete) A bond.
- (obsolete) Pledge; security.
- (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
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
- A marching band.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
- (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
- (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.
- A surname from German.
- (medicine) Short for 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.]
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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Examples of "band" in Sentences
- The band is mentioned due to the genealogy of the group.
- The circlet is edged with a silver band set in brilliants.
- This set the stage for the band's path to infamy overseas.
- The band wanted the video to set the scene on the actual party.
- The band is one of the most performing groups in the Netherlands.
- The band set up in a semicircle in the studio with one microphone.
- The band played the remainder of their set with Abuelo visibly bleeding.
- In many competitions, the band was acclaimed the best group of the year.
- The band performed in the warehouse party scene in the movie Strange Days.
- The band also won the Cavalcade of Bands Group 1 Open Championship in 2006.
- I use the term band very loosely-the three boys never become friends, per se.
- Musically the band is as good as ever, but that was never the draw with this band.
- The Archduke Franz Ferdinand's name given to the band is also out of “time” in the Nîmes Arena!
- The drummer of his band is a HUGE comics fan, and Pete grew up on comics, old cartoons, and nerdy stuff.
- I wrote a blog post a few months ago in which I referred to the band Old Crow Medicine Show as "everything you could ever want in a bluegrass band."
- Usually when a band makes it big, some PR person will write a whole load of bollocks saying that the new album from * insert generic indie band* is the equivalent of the
- Of course, it helps when the band is articulate and smart, as Rush is in spades and the commentary ranges from pressure from the record company to breakdowns of individual tracks that reveal interesting little flourishes.
- This he views as not only virtuous, but a kind of rebuke to the American and European private equity industry, which he defines as a band of financial engineering megamaestros who "pursue elephant-sized deals," ignoring, unlike the Brazilians, smaller, family-owned companies that can be tuned up and provided growth capital to expand and make everyone happy without leverage.