All 13 Uses
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Angels & Demons
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- A leather-bound Bible sat on Vetra's desk beside a plastic Bohr model of an atom and a miniature replica of Michelangelo's Moses.†
Chpt 13-14
- Stark white and bounded on all sides by computers and specialized electronic equipment, it looked like some sort of operating room.†
Chpt 19-20 *
- Time was short, and Langdon wasted none of it scanning the dimly lit room for a book catalog-a bound encyclopedia that cataloged the library's collection.†
Chpt 49-50
- Folio bins were a common means of storing unbound pages.†
Chpt 51-52 *standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unbound means not and reverses the meaning of bound. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- On the other side of CERN, in Leonardo Vetra's frigid apartment, Maximilian Kohler had finished reading the leather-bound journal he'd taken from Vetra's bedside table.†
Chpt 81-82
- The book was cloth-bound and very solid.†
Chpt 83-84
- Had he overstepped his bounds?†
Chpt 89-90 *
- He had pretended not to hear as he bounded off into the woods.†
Chpt 95-96
- Then he expertly bound her arms behind her back and tied her feet.†
Chpt 97-98
- Vittoria Vetra was bound and waiting.†
Chpt 103-104
- He was bare chested, standing over Vittoria, who lay bound but very much alive.†
Chpt 107-108
- I'm going to die down here, Vittoria thought, gripping the heavy rope banister as she bounded down the cramped passageway behind the others.†
Chpt 119-120
- As if bound by God's own will, the surging radius seemed to hit a wall.†
Chpt 123-124
Definitions:
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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 to succeed) almost certain to; or determined to
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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
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(bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.) to leap or jump
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) For more specialized senses of bound, see a comprehensive dictionary. For example, the word can refer to constipation and has specialized meanings in law, chemistry, logic, and linguistics.