band
1
[ band ]
/ bænd /
noun
a company of persons or, sometimes, animals or things, joined, acting, or functioning together; aggregation; party; troop: a band of protesters.
Music.
- a group of instrumentalists playing music of a specialized type: rock band; calypso band; mariachi band.
- a musical group, usually employing brass, percussion, and often woodwind instruments, that plays especially for marching or open-air performances.
- big band.
- dance band.
a division of a nomadic tribe; a group of individuals who move and camp together and subsist by hunting and gathering.
a group of persons living outside the law: a renegade band.
verb (used with object)
to unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.
verb (used without object)
to unite; confederate (often followed by together): They banded together to oust the chairman.
Idioms for band
to beat the band, Informal.
energetically; abundantly: It rained all day to beat the band.
Origin of band
1synonym study for band
1. See
company.
Words nearby band
British Dictionary definitions for beat the band (1 of 3)
band
1
/ (bænd) /
noun
verb
(usually foll by together)
to unite; assemble
Word Origin for band
C15: from French
bande probably from Old Provençal
banda of Germanic origin; compare Gothic
bandwa sign,
banner
British Dictionary definitions for beat the band (2 of 3)
band
2
/ (bænd) /
noun
verb (tr)
to fasten or mark with a band
Word Origin for band
C15: from Old French
bende, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German
binda fillet; see
band ³
British Dictionary definitions for beat the band (3 of 3)
Word Origin for band
C13: from Old Norse
band; related to Old High German
bant fetter; see
bend
1,
bond
Medical definitions for beat the band
band
[ bănd ]
n.
An appliance or a part of an apparatus that encircles or binds a part of the body.
A cordlike tissue that connects or that holds bodily structures together.
A chromatically, structurally, or functionally differentiated strip or stripe in or on an organism.
Scientific definitions for beat the band
band
[ bănd ]
A specific range of electromagnetic wavelengths or frequencies, as those used in radio broadcasting.
Idioms and Phrases with beat the band (1 of 2)
beat the band
see to beat the band.
Idioms and Phrases with beat the band (2 of 2)
band
see on the bandwagon; to beat the band.