All 15 Uses of
bound
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- "Boundless love; I shouldn't have supposed it in the universe!" murmured Joseph Poorgrass, who habitually spoke on a large scale in his moral reflections.†
Chpt 7-9 (definition 1) *
- On the table lay an old quarto Bible, bound in leather.†
Chpt 13-15 *
- "Very well, let's try it," said Bathsheba, bounding from her seat with that total disregard of consistency which can be indulged in towards a dependent, and entering into the spirit of divination at once.†
Chpt 13-15 (definition 2)
- I was bound to show some feeling, if I would not be a graceless shrew.†
Chpt 31-33
- Above the dark margin of the earth appeared foreshores and promontories of coppery cloud, bounding a green and pellucid expanse in the western sky.†
Chpt 31-33 (definition 2) *
- Oak was not bound by his agreement to assist in the corn-field; but the harvest month is an anxious time for a farmer, and the corn was Bathsheba's, so he lent a hand.†
Chpt 31-33
- Close to the entrance stood a row of faggots, bound and un-bound, together with stakes of all sizes.†
Chpt 40-42
- Close to the entrance stood a row of faggots, bound and un-bound, together with stakes of all sizes.†
Chpt 40-42
- CHAPTER XLII JOSEPH AND HIS BURDEN—BUCK'S HEAD A wall bounded the site of Casterbridge Union-house, except along a portion of the end.†
Chpt 40-42
- If she were to go to him now at once and say no more than these few words, "What is the truth of the story?" he would feel bound in honour to tell her.†
Chpt 43-45
- Bathsheba's heart bounded with gratitude in the thought that she was not altogether deserted, and she jumped up.†
Chpt 43-45 *
- The cluck of their oars was the only sound of any distinctness upon the sea, and as they laboured amid the thickening shades the lamp-lights grew larger, each appearing to send a flaming sword deep down into the waves before it, until there arose, among other dim shapes of the kind, the form of the vessel for which they were bound.†
Chpt 46-48
- She belonged to him: the certainties of that position were so well defined, and the reasonable probabilities of its issue so bounded that she could not speculate on contingencies.†
Chpt 46-48
- … Well, there's the debt, which can only be discharged in one way, and I believe I am bound to do it if it honestly lies in my power, without any consideration of my own future at all.†
Chpt 49-51
- And it is because of that very helplessness that I feel bound to go.†
Chpt 55-57
Definitions:
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(1) (bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit
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(2) (bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.) to leap or jump
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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: 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