All 18 Uses of
bound
in
Summer Pleasures, by Nora Roberts
- Even as he opened it, Sarah came bounding out.†
Chpt 1.10 *bounding = leaping or jumping
- For the first time in too long for him to remember, he wanted to give, unheedingly, boundlessly.†
Chpt 2.3 *
- He did so, and obviously liked her because he knocked her to the ground in one bounding leap.†
Chpt 2.5bounding = leaping or jumping
- Only if Brown used the words "off the record" would she be bound to silence.†
Chpt 1.2
- The first night was bound to be the hardest, she told herself and sat up, dragging a hand through her hair.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- There's an aloof streak in him, bound so tightly around his private life that I've found no way through it.†
Chpt 1.7
- She knew what was going to happen, recognized the impossibility of it and the pain that was bound to follow.†
Chpt 1.7
- The movement that had caught her eye turned out to be two rabbits, curious enough to bound to the edge of the clearing and watch.†
Chpt 1.8
- I do things step-by-step, Hunter goes in leaps and bounds.†
Chpt 1.12
- Bound to be a restaurant of some kind.†
Chpt 2.3
- Shade didn't have the chance to become impatient before she bounded back out again with two white bags.†
Chpt 2.4
- As they pulled up behind the Jeep, a huge silver-gray form bounded around the side of the house.†
Chpt 2.5
- She was off in a bound.†
Chpt 2.5
- But an affair with a man like Shade's bound to have tremendous repercussions.†
Chpt 2.5
- The drive across America was bound to leave its mark.†
Chpt 2.6
- It's bound to stick sooner or later.†
Chpt 2.8
- With a little time, a little distance, the need was bound to fade.†
Chpt 2.11
- Love had bound them together.†
Chpt 2.12
Definitions:
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(1)
(bound as in: south-bound lanes) traveling in a particular direction or to a specific location
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(2)
(bound as in: bound to succeed) almost certain to; or determined to
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(3)
(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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(4)
(bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit
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(5)
(bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.) to leap or jump
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(6)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
For more specialized senses of bound, see a comprehensive dictionary. For example, the word can refer to constipation and has specialized meanings in law, chemistry, logic, and linguistics.