Definition of Band

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Definition of Band

Band

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, 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.

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals.

A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.

A belt or strap.

A bond

Pledge; security.

To bind or tie with a band.

To mark with a band.

To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

To bandy; to drive away.

imp. of Bind.

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Band Quotations

I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing.
Layne Staley

We started this band as kids, and as time has gone on, we've grown and are learning to accommodate each others' differences.
Layne Staley

And I came back and it was great, 'cuz George had set up all these flowers all over the studio saying welcome home. So then we got it together again. I always felt it was better on the White one for me. We were more like a band, you know.
Ringo Starr

I couldn't put my finger on one reason why we broke up. It was time, and we were spreading out. They were spreading out more than I was. I would've stayed with the band.
Ringo Starr

And the White Album is important to me for different reasons. One - I had left the band on the White Album.
Ringo Starr

The only things Mick and I disagree about is the band, the music and what we do.
Keith Richards

There's no substitute for live work to keep a band together.
Keith Richards

I was a good amateur but only an average professional. I soon realized that there was a limit to how far I could rise in the music business, so I left the band and enrolled at New York University.
Alan Greenspan

And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan.
David Bowie

Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.
Robert Benchley

Band Translations

band in Afrikaans is skare
band in Danish is bande
band in Dutch is schare, bende, troep
band in French is bande, chapelle
band in German is Trupp, Kolonne, Reifen, Bande, Band
band in Italian is cappella, fettuccia
band in Latin is fascia, manus manus
band in Portuguese is faixa
band in Spanish is capilla

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