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bound

English

  1. 🔊 confined by bonds
    “bound and gagged hostages”
  2. 🔊 secured with a cover or binding
    “bound volumes”
  3. 🔊 held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
  4. 🔊 headed or intending to head in a certain direction
    “children bound for school”
  5. 🔊 bound by an oath
    “a bound official”
  6. 🔊 covered or wrapped with a bandage
    “the bandaged wound on the back of his head”
  7. 🔊 bound by contract
  8. 🔊 the greatest possible degree of something
    “what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior”
  9. 🔊 the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  10. 🔊 a line determining the limits of an area
  11. 🔊 a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  12. 🔊 form the boundary of
  13. 🔊 move forward by leaps and bounds
    “The horse bounded across the meadow”
  14. 🔊 place limits on (extent or amount or access)
    “restrict the use of this parking lot”
  15. 🔊 spring back
    “The rubber ball bounced”

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