Bound

  • 41bound — bound1 boundness, n. /bownd/, v. 1. pt. and pp. of bind. adj. 2. tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner. 3. made fast as if by a band or bond: She is bound to her family. 4. secured within a cover, as a book. 5. under a legal or moral obligation: He is …

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  • 42bound — 01. I don t know how you think you can keep it a secret; someone is [bound] to find out sooner or later. 02. Housing prices are [bound] to go up this year because interest rates have come down. 03. The ferry was [bound] for a small island off the …

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  • 43bound*/ — [baʊnd] adj I 1) bound to do sth something that is bound to happen will almost certainly happen If you have problems at home, it s bound to affect your work.[/ex] 2) bound to do sth used for saying that you must do something or you should do… …

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  • 44bound — {{11}} past tense of BIND (Cf. bind) (v.). {{12}}bound (adj.1) fastened, mid 14c., in figurative sense of compelled, from bounden, pp. of BIND (Cf. bind) (v.). Meaning under obligation is from late 15c.; the literal sense made fast by tying is… …

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  • 45-bound — [[t] baʊnd[/t]] 1) COMB in ADJ bound combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe a person who finds it impossible or very difficult to leave the specified place. Andrew has been left wheelchair bound after the accident... I m pretty… …

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  • 46bound up — adjective 1. closely or inseparably connected or associated with (Freq. 1) his career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise • Similar to: ↑related, ↑related to 2. deeply devoted to bound up in her teaching is wrapped up in his family …

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  • 47bound — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English boun, from Old Norse būinn, past participle of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to Old High German būan to dwell more at bower Date: 13th century 1. archaic ready 2. intending to go ; going < …

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  • 48bound up — adj. (cannot stand alone) connected bound up in; with (bound up in one s work; her future is bound up with this firm) * * * [ baʊnd ʌp] with (bound up in one s work; her future is bound up with this firm) (cannot stand alone) [ connected ] bound&#8230; …

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  • 49bound — English has no fewer than four separate words bound. The only one which goes back to Old English is the adjective, meaning ‘obliged’ 71 box or ‘destined’, which comes from the past participle of bind (in Old English this was bunden, which&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 50bound — bound1 verb walk or run with leaping strides. noun a leaping movement towards or over something. Origin C16: from Fr. bond (n.), bondir (v.) resound , later rebound , from late L. bombitare, from L. bombus humming . bound2 noun 1》 a boundary. 2》&#8230; …

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