All 11 Uses of
bound
in
Old Yeller
- Old Yeller, though, all he did was come bounding in to jump on us and lick us in the face and bark so loud that there, inside the cabin, the noise nearly made us deaf.†
p. 42.8bounding = leaping or jumping
- Yeller came bounding through the rails.†
p. 63.5
- Mama happened to look up and see the dark hulk of him come bounding toward them across a little clearing.†
p. 125.3 *
- Still, they needed money, and they realized that whatever a man does, he's bound to take some risks.†
p. 2.5 *
- Sooner or later she was bound to make out what I was.†
p. 19.8
- He got out a twist of tobacco and bit off a chew big enough to bulge his cheek and went to chewing and talking and spitting juice right where we'd all be bound to step in it and pack it around on the bottoms of our feet.†
p. 49.9
- As soon as the dog bit him, the man knew he was bound to die; so he went and got a big log chain and tied one end around the bottom of a tree and the other one to one of his legs.†
p. 50.7
- Having to duck and dodge around in those prickly pear, he was bound to come out bristling with more pear spines than the hogs had in their faces.†
p. 82.2
- I bound my leg as tight as I could.†
p. 85.0
- He's bound to be dead, but it would look mighty shabby to go home without finding out for sure.†
p. 85.2
- Mama got some clean white rags and bound up the place.†
p. 90.2
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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(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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(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) 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.