Noun

• S: (n) set, circle, band, lot (an unofficial association of people or groups) "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
• S: (n) band (instrumentalists not including string players)
• S: (n) band, banding, stria, striation (a stripe or stripes of contrasting color) "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
• S: (n) band, banding, stripe (an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material)
• S: (n) dance band, band, dance orchestra (a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing)
• S: (n) band (a range of frequencies between two limits)
• S: (n) band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))
• S: (n) isthmus, band (a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure)
• S: (n) ring, band (jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger) "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"
• S: (n) band (a driving belt in machinery)
• S: (n) band (a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration)
• S: (n) band, ring (a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration))
• S: (n) band (a restraint put around something to hold it together)

Verb

• S: (v) band (bind or tie together, as with a band)
• S: (v) ring, band (attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify) "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"