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- The cruelty of Zeus knew no bounds!†
p. 6.4
- I tried to compensate, drawing upon my boundless reserves of agility, but Mikey kicked me in the back.†
p. 8.9 *boundless = without boundaries or limitsstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in boundless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- 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. 50.1
- We're bound, whether you like it or not!†
p. 88.5
- 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
- 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. 290.3
- 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
- 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
- You guys are bound together.†
p. 348.6
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 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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(bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit
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(bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.) to leap or jump
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(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.