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Bound   /baʊnd/   Listen
Bound

verb
(past & past part. bounded; pres. part. bounding)
1.
Move forward by leaps and bounds.  Synonyms: jump, leap, spring.  "The child leapt across the puddle" , "Can you jump over the fence?"
2.
Form the boundary of; be contiguous to.  Synonym: border.
3.
Place limits on (extent or access).  Synonyms: confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel.  "Limit the time you can spend with your friends"
4.
Spring back; spring away from an impact.  Synonyms: bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.  "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
adjective
1.
Confined by bonds.  Antonym: unbound.
2.
Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.  Antonym: free.
3.
Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form.  "Leather-bound volumes"  Antonym: unbound.
4.
(usually followed by 'to') governed by fate.  Synonym: destined.  "An old house destined to be demolished" , "He is destined to be famous"
5.
Covered or wrapped with a bandage.  Synonym: bandaged.  "An injury bound in fresh gauze"
6.
Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students'.  Synonym: destined.  "A flight destined for New York"
7.
Bound by an oath.
8.
Bound by contract.  Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, indentured.
9.
Confined in the bowels.
noun
1.
A line determining the limits of an area.  Synonyms: boundary, edge.
2.
The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.  Synonyms: boundary, bounds.
3.
The greatest possible degree of something.  Synonyms: boundary, limit.  "To the limit of his ability"
4.
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.  Synonyms: bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring.


Bind

verb
(past bound; past part. bound, formerly bounden; pres. part. binding)
1.
Stick to firmly.  Synonyms: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to.
2.
Create social or emotional ties.  Synonyms: attach, bond, tie.
3.
Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.  Antonym: unbind.
4.
Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose.  Synonym: bandage.
5.
Secure with or as if with ropes.  Synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss.  "Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
6.
Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.  Synonyms: hold, obligate, oblige.  "I'll hold you by your promise"
7.
Provide with a binding.
8.
Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.  Synonym: tie.  Antonym: untie.
9.
Form a chemical bond with.
10.
Cause to be constipated.  Synonym: constipate.



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"Bound" Quotes from Famous Books



... during an hour. The nest day DeGolyer was on board a steamer bound for Punta Arenas. On the vessel he met a young man who said that his name was Henry Sawyer; and this young man was so blithe and light-hearted that DeGolyer, yielding to the persuasion of contrast, was drawn toward him. Young Sawyer was accompanied by his uncle, ...
— The Colossus - A Novel • Opie Read
... twenty-one, named, after an ancient family usage, Gaudebert-Calyste-Louis. The father's name was Gaudebert-Calyste-Charles. Only the last name was ever varied. Saint Gaudebert and Saint Calyste were forever bound ...
— Beatrix • Honore de Balzac
... small society has been brought together; may cheerfulness attend our undertakings, and time may show whither we are bound. ...
— Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books - with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations • Charles W. Eliot
... to this viewpoint, and am a new creature. My whole relation to the existing world is changed. The threads by which my mind was heretofore bound to this world, and by whose mysterious traction it followed all the movements of this world, are forever severed, and I stand free—myself, my own world, peaceful and unmoved. No longer with the heart, with the eye alone, I seize the objects ...
— The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: - Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English, Volume 5. • Various
... horse to a gallop, had locked wheels with the auto. Drummond recognized both horse and waggon, for he had driven them often himself. The Irishman was Pat Morrissey. On the other side a brewery waggon was locking with the coal waggon, and an east-bound Kearny Street car, wildly clanging its gong, the motorman shouting defiance at the crossing policeman, was dashing forward to complete the blockade. And waggon after waggon was locking and blocking and adding to the confusion. The meat waggons halted. The police were trapped. The roar at the ...
— The Strength of the Strong • Jack London


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