All 18 Uses of
bound
in
Harry Potter (#4) and the Goblet of Fire
- He continued, "As ever, I would like to remind you all that the forest on the grounds is out-of-bounds to students, as is the village of Hogsmeade to all below third year.†
Chpt 12
- We must follow the rules, and the rules state clearly that those people whose names come out of the Goblet of Fire are bound to compete in the tournament.†
Chpt 17
- Bagman suddenly spotted Harry, got up quickly, and bounded forward.†
Chpt 18 *
- The champions aren't supposed to know what's coming — she's bound to tell her student, isn't she?†
Chpt 19
- Winky forgets she is not bound to Mr. Crouch anymore; she is allowed to speak her mind now, but she won't do it.†
Chpt 21
- Yet if he didn't do it soon, she was bound to have been asked by somebody else.†
Chpt 22
- Harry planned his excursion carefully, because he had been caught out of bed and out-of-bounds by Filch the caretaker in the middle of the night once before, and had no desire to repeat the experience.†
Chpt 25 *
- There was a week to go before February the twenty-fourth (there was still time) …. there were five days to go (he was bound to find something soon) …. three days to go (please let me find something… please)….†
Chpt 26
- Four people were bound tightly to the tail of the stone merperson.†
Chpt 26
- I'm waiting for your letter giving me your word you won't stray out-of-bounds again.†
Chpt 29
- Sirius "Who's he, to lecture me about being out-of-bounds?" said Harry in mild indignation as he folded up Sirius's letter and put it inside his robes.†
Chpt 29
- Karkaroff straightened himself as best he could, tightly bound to the chair.†
Chpt 30
- "No!" shouted Karkaroff, straining at the chains that bound him to the chair.†
Chpt 30
- Bagman looked nervous as he sat down in the chained chair, but it did not bind him there as it had bound Karkaroff, and Bagman, perhaps taking heart from this, glanced around at the watching crowd, waved at a couple of them, and managed a small smile.†
Chpt 30
- Some of these are bound to come in handy.†
Chpt 31 *
- Once sure that Harry was bound so tightly to the headstone that he couldn't move an inch, Wormtail drew a length of some black material from the inside of his cloak and stuffed it roughly into Harry's mouth; then, without a word, he turned from Harry and hurried away.†
Chpt 32
- It was a bright and sunny day; Fang bounded out of the open door as they approached, barking and wagging his tail madly.†
Chpt 37
- Harry couldn't blame him; Moodys fear of attack was bound to have been increased by his ten-month imprisonment in his own trunk.†
Chpt 37
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