All 9 Uses of
bound
in
All Quiet on the Western Front
- The moment that the first shells whistle over and the air is rent with the explosions there is suddenly in our veins, in our hands, in our eyes a tense waiting, a watching, a heightening alertness, a strange sharpening of the senses. The body with one bound is in full readiness.
Chpt 4 (definition 1)bound = leap
- Once we had such desires—but they return not. They are past, they belong to another world that is gone from us. In the barracks they called forth a rebellious, wild craving for their return; for then they were still bound to us, we belonged to them and they to us, even though we were already absent from them.
Chpt 6 (definition 2)bound = connected
- A rumour is going round that there may be peace, but the other story is more likely—that we are bound for Russia.
Chpt 9 (definition 3) *bound = to travel to a specific location
- These voices, these quiet words, these footsteps in the trench behind me recall me at a bound from the terrible loneliness and fear of death by which I had been almost destroyed.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)bound = leap
- The body lies still, but in the eyes there is such an extraordinary expression of fright that for a moment I think they have power enough to carry the body off with them. Hundreds of miles away with one bound.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)
- This dead man is bound up with my life,
Chpt 9 (definition 2) *bound = connected or tied
- With one bound the lust to live flares up again and everything that has filled my thoughts goes down before it.
Chpt 9 (definition 1)bound = leap
- I am almost in, there is a rising screech, I bound, I run like a deer...
Chpt 10 (definition 1) *
- With one bound I follow him and fall into a ditch that lies behind the hedge.
Chpt 10 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.) to leap or jump
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(2) (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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(3) (bound as in: south-bound lanes) traveling in a particular direction or to a specific location