bound

Definition

  • noun: a leap or long jump
  • noun: a limiting line
  • verb: to move by jumping
  • verb: to set limits or 'bounds' to
  • adjective: very likely or certain 'to do' or 'to be' something
  • adjective: intending to go
  • past tense and past participle of 'bind'
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: boundary, limit, confine

Examples

  • She and I are 'bound' (together) by our shared past. [=we are connected to each other because we have the same past]

  • The captive was 'bound and gagged'. [=tied up and stopped from talking with something that covers the mouth]

  • I felt 'honor bound' to defend them. [=I felt that I had to defend them because it was morally right]

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