(band) noun
1. A flat flexible strip of any material used for binding.
2. Any strip of fabric used to finish, strengthen, or trim an article of dress.
3. plural A pair of linen strips hanging from the front of the neck, worn with certain clerical or academical garments: also called Geneva bands.
4. Any broad stripe of contrasting color, material, or surface.
5. Physics a Any of the broad stripes found in typical molecular spectra: seen as distinct lines upon high magnification. b A group of states whose energies are so closely spaced as to be unresolvable and which therefore provide a continuous range of energies throughout an interval.
6. Electronics A range of sound frequencies or wavelengths within two stated limits: the standard broadcast band.
7. Mech. A flexible driving belt, communicating motion between wheels by friction.
8. A circular strip or loop of metal; a ring: a golden band on one's finger.
—v.t.
1. To unite or tie with a band; encircle.
2. To mark with a band, as birds; to mark with a stripe. [<F bande <OF bende, ult. <Gmc. Akin to BIND.]

(band) noun
1. A company of persons associated, organized, or bound together.
2. A company of persons organized to play musical instruments, especially wind and percussion instruments.
3. A group of certain instruments in an orchestra: the string band.
4. A drove of animals, nomadic peoples, etc., wandering together.
—to beat the band U.S. Colloq. Inordinately; surpassingly: He shouted to beat the band.
—v.t. To join or unite, as associates in a league or company: often with together.
—v.i. To confederate. [<F bande. Akin to BIND.]

(band) noun
That which binds, ties, or unites; a bond. [<ON. Akin to BIND.]