bound
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(a) confined by bonds
- bound and gagged hostages
- (a) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
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(a) secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- bound volumes
- leather-bound volumes
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(s) (usually followed by "to") governed by fate
- bound to happen
- an old house destined to be demolished
- he is destined to be famous
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(s) covered or wrapped with a bandage
- the bandaged wound on the back of his head
- an injury bound in fresh gauze
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(s) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in "college-bound students"
- children bound for school
- a flight destined for New York
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(s) bound by an oath
- a bound official
- (s) bound by contract apprenticed, articled, indentured,
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(s) confined in the bowels
- he is bound in the belly
Nouns
- (n) a line determining the limits of an area boundary, edge,
- (n) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something boundary, bounds,
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(n) the greatest possible degree of something
- what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
- to the limit of his ability
- (n) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards leap, leaping, bounce, saltation, spring,
Verbs
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(v) move forward by leaps and bounds
- The horse bounded across the meadow
- The child leapt across the puddle
- Can you jump over the fence?
- (v) form the boundary of; be contiguous to border,
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(v) place limits on (extent or access)
- restrict the use of this parking lot
- limit the time you can spend with your friends
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(v) spring back; spring away from an impact
- The rubber ball bounced
- These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide