Band

Russian Meaning

English Meaning

1. A thin strip of flexible material used to encircle and bind one object or to hold a number of objects together: a metal band around the bale of cotton.
2. A strip or stripe that contrasts with something else in color, texture, or material.
3. A narrow strip of fabric used to trim, finish, or reinforce articles of clothing.
4. Something that constrains or binds morally or legally: the bands of marriage and family.
5. A simple ungrooved ring, especially a wedding ring.
6. A neckband or collar.
7. The two strips hanging from the front of a collar as part of the dress of certain clerics, scholars, and lawyers.
8. A high collar popular in the 16th and 17th centuries.
9. Biology A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.
10. Anatomy A cordlike tissue that connects or holds structures together.
11. Physics A specific range of wavelengths or frequencies of electromagnetic radiation.
12. Physics A range of very closely spaced electron energy levels in solids, the distribution and nature of which determine the electrical properties of a material.
13. Any of the distinct grooves on a long-playing phonograph record that contains an individual selection or a separate section of a whole.
14. A cord or strip across the back of a book to which the sheets or quires are attached.
15. To tie, bind, or encircle with or as if with a band.
16. To mark or identify with or as if with a band: a program to band migrating birds.
17. A group of people: a band of outlaws.
18. A group of animals.
19. Anthropology A unit of social organization especially among hunter-gatherers, consisting of a usually small number of families living together cooperatively.
20. Canadian An aboriginal group officially recognized as an organized unit by the Canadian government. See Usage Note at First Nation.
21. A group of musicians who perform as an ensemble.
22. To assemble or unite in a group.
23. To form a group; unite: banded together for protection.