All 8 Uses of
bound
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- I am bound to say that in all the accounts which you have been so good as to give of my own small achievements you have habitually underrated your own abilities.†
Chpt 1
- But we are bound to exhaust all other hypotheses before falling back upon this one.†
Chpt 3 *
- To my dismay the creature flew straight for the great mire, and my acquaintance never paused for an instant, bounding from tuft to tuft behind it, his green net waving in the air.†
Chpt 7
- We moved cautiously along the track as if we were bound for the house, but Holmes halted us when we were about two hundred yards from it.†
Chpt 14
- With long bounds the huge black creature was leaping down the track, following hard upon the footsteps of our friend.†
Chpt 14 *
- He did not pause, however, but bounded onward.†
Chpt 14 *
- No wonder the poor devil of a convict ran and screamed, even as our friend did, and as we ourselves might have done, when he saw such a creature bounding through the darkness of the moor upon his track.†
Chpt 14
- In that gloomy tunnel it must indeed have been a dreadful sight to see that huge black creature, with its flaming jaws and blazing eyes, bounding after its victim.†
Chpt 15 *
Definitions:
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(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
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(bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit