All 6 Uses of
bound
in
My Antonia
- Jake and Otto were sure that when they galloped round that ring the Indians tortured prisoners, bound to a stake in the centre; but grandfather thought they merely ran races or trained horses there.†
Book 1
- We bound it between pasteboards, which I covered with brilliant calico, representing scenes from a circus.†
Book 1
- I was restrained from utter savagery only by the fact that Mrs. Harling, our nearest neighbour, kept an eye on me, and if my behaviour went beyond certain bounds I was not permitted to come into her yard or to play with her jolly children.†
Book 2 *
- I was at the Shimerdas' one afternoon when Lena came bounding through the red grass as fast as her white legs could carry her.†
Book 2 *
- In a bound, I was on my feet, and easily sent him sprawling to the floor.†
Book 2 *
- It was not until nearly nightfall that she discovered she was on the express bound for Kansas City, that her ticket was made out to that point, and that Cutter must have planned it so.†
Book 2
Definitions:
-
(bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.) to leap or jump
-
(bound as in: south-bound lanes) traveling in a particular direction or to a specific location
-
(bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit