All 9 Uses of
bound
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- She was bound to have me in.†
Chpt 1 *
- James Windibank wished Miss Sutherland to be so bound to Hosmer Angel, and so uncertain as to his fate, that for ten years to come, at any rate, she would not listen to another man.†
Chpt 3
- Why should you raise up hopes which you are bound to disappoint?†
Chpt 4
- It was damp, marshy ground, as is all that district, and there were marks of many feet, both upon the path and amid the short grass which bounded it on either side.†
Chpt 4 *
- I went down to the Albert Dock and found that she had been taken down the river by the early tide this morning, homeward bound to Savannah.†
Chpt 5
- Round his brow he had a peculiar yellow band, with brownish speckles, which seemed to be bound tightly round his head.†
Chpt 8
- Some three hours or so afterwards we were all in the train together, bound from Reading to the little Berkshire village.†
Chpt 9
- Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds.†
Chpt 10 *
- It is pleasant to me to observe, Watson, that you have so far grasped this truth that in these little records of our cases which you have been good enough to draw up, and, I am bound to say, occasionally to embellish, you have given prominence not so much to the many causes célèbres and sensational trials in which I have figured but rather to those incidents which may have been trivial in themselves, but which have given room for those faculties of deduction and of logical synthesis…†
Chpt 12
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 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