All 11 Uses of
bound
in
Henry IV, Part 1
- Imagination of some great exploit Drives him beyond the bounds of patience.†
Scene 1.3 *
- The thieves have bound the true men.†
Scene 2.2
- In thy faint slumbers I by thee have watch'd, And heard thee murmur tales of iron wars; Speak terms of manage to thy bounding steed; Cry Courage! to the field!†
Scene 2.3 (definition 1) *
- —and bound them.†
Scene 2.4 *
- No, no; they were not bound.†
Scene 2.4
- You rogue, they were bound, every man of them; or I am a Jew else, an Ebrew Jew.†
Scene 2.4
- And unbound the rest, and then come in the other.†
Scene 2.4 (definition 2) *
- —We two saw you four set on four; you bound them, and were masters of their wealth.†
Scene 2.4
- England, from Trent and Severn hitherto, By south and east is to my part assign'd: All westward, Wales beyond the Severn shore, And all the fertile land within that bound, To Owen Glendower:—and, dear coz, to you The remnant northward, lying off from Trent.†
Scene 3.1
- It were not good; for therein should we read The very bottom and the soul of hope, The very list, the very utmost bound Of all our fortunes.†
Scene 4.1
- When that this body did contain a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound; But now two paces of the vilest earth Is room enough.†
Scene 5.4
Definitions:
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(1) (bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.) to leap or jump
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(2) (bound as in: bound together or bound by law) constrained and/or held together or wrappedThe sense of constrained, can mean tied up or obligated depending upon the context. For example:
- "Her wrists were bound." -- tied up
- "I am bound by my word." -- required or obligated (in this case to keep a promise)
- "He is muscle bound." -- prevented from moving easily (due to having such large, tight muscles)
The exact meaning of the senses of held together or wrapped also depend upon context. For example:- "The pages of the book are bound with glue." -- held together physically
- "The book is bound in leather." -- wrapped or covered
- "The United States and England are bound together by a common language." -- connected or united (tied together, figuratively)
- "She cleaned the wound and bound it with fresh bandages." -- wrapped
- "She is wheelchair-bound." -- connected (moves with a wheelchair because she is unable to walk)
- "The jacket has bound buttonholes." -- edges wrapped by fabric or trim rather than stitches
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(bound as in: south-bound lanes) traveling in a particular direction or to a specific location
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(bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit