2 meanings, 27 uses
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1 —3 uses as in:
the binding is loose
Definition
something that holds things together, or wraps or covers or ties something
- Once the satyrs judged we had all spread out sufficiently and our leg bindings had been double-checked, Harley clapped for our attention.p. 158.8
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- I tore at the cloth bindings but only managed to coat my hands in sulfurous resin.p. 269.9
- I clawed at his bindings but made no progress.p. 298.1
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2 —1 use as in:
out of bounds; bounded on the east
Definition
a boundary or limit
- I tried to compensate, drawing upon my boundless reserves of agility, but Mikey kicked me in the back.p. 8.9
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? —23 uses
exact meaning not specified
- You guys are bound together.p. 348.6
- The cruelty of Zeus knew no bounds!p. 6.4
- I felt the binding upon me like a shroud of tightly wrapped banana peels.p. 24.1
- We were bound together now.p. 27.7
- At any rate, I was bound to Admetus, the king of Thessaly.p. 42.5
- And I was a weak mortal bound to an untrained demigod who threw garbage and chewed her cuticles.p. 50.0
- We're bound, whether you like it or not!"p. 88.5
- And it was binding.p. 145.8
- With my left leg bound to Meg's right, I felt the way I used to in Leto's womb just before my sister and I were born.p. 156.4
- Kayla and Austin were bound together, looking like a deadly pair of street performers with her bow and his saxophone.p. 158.2
- Eventually Meg and I learned to walk with our bound legs in synchronicity.p. 162.8
- People would come to us to make binding oaths.p. 223.2
- Arrayed in front of us were the missing demigods, all tightly bound.p. 269.1
- I glanced at the unconscious face of Paulie the geyser god, strung up and bound with the five demigods.p. 278.7
- If Apollo objects, remind him that he is bound to follow your orders.p. 283.8
- He lit his match and stepped toward the nearest stake, where my son Austin was bound.p. 288.9
- The karpos bounded to her side.p. 290.4
- The blaze was too strong to stamp out, if Greek fire even could be stamped out, and it was rolling hungrily toward the six bound hostages.p. 295.5
- "We're bound, whether you like it or not."p. 306.4
- Despite the fact that they'd been recently bound, doused in flammable substances, and staked like human tiki torches, they closed ranks and faced me with determination in their eyes.p. 312.6
- "Bind your hand," I ordered.p. 328.9
- She leaped off the Colossus's head, vaporized into shadow, and reappeared on the ground, bounding after her new bronze stick.p. 332.7
- After all, we were bound together now.p. 344.3
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