All 23 Uses of
bound
in
Dune
- We're the ones who tamed Arrakis …. except for the few mongrel Fremen hiding in the skirts of the desert …. and some tame smugglers bound to the planet almost as tightly as the native labor pool.†
Book 1
- I'm the bound concubine of the Duke Leto.†
Book 1
- Here's another poor victim bound to the Atreides by a cherem of hate.†
Book 1
- "Don't you think, Wellington," she asked, "that a secretary bound to one by love is so much safer?"†
Book 1
- The visible note contained the code phrase every Bene Gesserit not bound by a School Injunction was required to give another Bene Gesserit when conditions demanded it: "On that path lies danger."†
Book 1
- Then I'll pose another question for you: What does it mean to you that you stand before another human, that you are bound and helpless and the other human holds a knife at your throat—yet this other human refrains from killing you, frees you from your bonds and gives you the knife to use as you will?†
Book 1
- They lifted her like a sack of grain, maneuvered her through the door and dumped her onto a suspensor-buoyed litter with another bound figure.†
Book 1
- He was bound, but not gagged.†
Book 1 *
- His own captivity was plain enough—to bed with a capsule prescribed by Yueh, awaking to find himself bound to this litter.†
Book 1
- Slowly, she twisted her bound feet clear of Paul's.†
Book 1
- She brought her bound legs up onto the seat, curled into a sinuous ball, staring at Scarface.†
Book 1
- His arms were bound in chains, the eagle face streaked with dirt.†
Book 1
- Some of our people are bound to escape.†
Book 1
- "The strength of a woman can be boundless," Stilgar said.†
Book 2 *
- He could still taste the morsel she had fed him—bird flesh and grain bound with spice honey and encased in a leaf.†
Book 2
- She could still taste their morning meal—the morsel of bird flesh and grain bound within a leaf with spice honey—and it came to her that the use of time was turned around here: night was the day of activity and day was the time of rest.†
Book 2
- Until he did, his world was bounded by the abilities of others.†
Book 3 *
- In that instant, the sun seemed to bound above the horizon.†
Book 3
- Draperies were flung aside and Gurney Halleck bounded into the room.†
Book 3
- Think on it, Chani: that princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine — never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound.†
Book 3
- HOUSES MINOR: planet-bound entrepreneur class (Galach: "Richece").†
Book Term
- Initiates are marked by a diamond tattoo on the forehead and are permitted to wear their hair long and bound by a silver Suk ring.†
Book Term
- PYONS: planet-bound peasants or laborers, one of the base classes under the Faufreluches.†
Book Term
Definitions:
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(bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit
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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