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English adjective: bound | |||
| 1. | bound confined by bonds | ||
| Samples | Bound and gagged hostages. | ||
| Similar | chained, enchained, fettered, furled, pinioned, rolled, shackled, tethered, tied, trussed, wired | ||
| See also | unfree | ||
| Antonyms | unbound | ||
| 2. | bound held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union | ||
| Similar | conjugate, conjugate, conjugated, conjugated | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry, natural philosophy, physics | ||
| Antonyms | free | ||
| 3. | bound secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form | ||
| Samples | Bound volumes. Leather-bound volumes. | ||
| Similar | brassbound, cased, half-bound, paperback, paperbacked, well-bound | ||
| Antonyms | unbound | ||
| 4. | bound (usually followed by `to') governed by fate | ||
| Samples | Bound to happen. An old house destined to be demolished. He is destined to be famous. | ||
| Synonyms | destined | ||
| Similar | certain, sure | ||
| Antonyms | uncertain | ||
| 5. | bound covered or wrapped with a bandage | ||
| Samples | The bandaged wound on the back of his head. An injury bound in fresh gauze. | ||
| Synonyms | bandaged | ||
| Similar | treated | ||
| Antonyms | untreated | ||
| 6. | bound headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students' | ||
| Samples | Children bound for school. A flight destined for New York. | ||
| Synonyms | destined | ||
| Similar | orientated, oriented | ||
| Antonyms | unoriented | ||
| 7. | bound bound by an oath | ||
| Samples | A bound official. | ||
| Similar | sworn | ||
| Antonyms | unsworn | ||
| 8. | bound bound by contract | ||
| Synonyms | apprenticed, articled, indentured | ||
| Similar | unfree | ||
| Antonyms | free | ||
| 9. | bound confined in the bowels | ||
| Samples | He is bound in the belly. | ||
| Similar | constipated | ||
| Antonyms | unconstipated, regular | ||
English noun: bound | |||
| 1. | bound (shape) a line determining the limits of an area | ||
| Synonyms | boundary, edge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | line | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | border, brink, fringe, lower bound, margin, outer boundary, perimeter, periphery, rim, thalweg, threshold, upper bound, verge | ||
| 2. | bound (location) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | ||
| Synonyms | boundary, bounds | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | extremity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | border, border, borderline, boundary line, bourn, bourne, city line, county line, delimitation, demarcation, demarcation line, district line, edge, end, frontier, hairline, heliopause, limit, lineation, mete, outline, shoreline, surface | ||
| Instance hyponym | Moho, Mohorovicic discontinuity, Rubicon | ||
| 3. | bound (attribute) the greatest possible degree of something | ||
| Samples | What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior. To the limit of his ability. | ||
| Synonyms | boundary, limit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | extent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | absoluteness, brink, heat barrier, knife-edge, level best, maximum, starkness, thermal barrier, utmost, uttermost, utterness, verge | ||
| 4. | bound (act) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards | ||
| Synonyms | bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | jump, jumping | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | caper, capriole, pounce | ||
English verb: bound | |||
| 1. | bound (motion) move forward by leaps and bounds | ||
| Samples | The horse bounded across the meadow. The child leapt across the puddle. Can you jump over the fence?. | ||
| Synonyms | jump, leap, spring | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bounce, bounce, bound, burst, caper, capriole, curvet, galumph, hop, hop, hop-skip, leapfrog, overleap, pronk, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, saltate, ski jump, skip, spring, take a hop, vault, vault | ||
| 2. | bound (stative) form the boundary of; be contiguous to | ||
| Synonyms | border | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confine, enclose, hold in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | shore, skirt, verge | ||
| 3. | bound (change) place limits on (extent or access) | ||
| Samples | Restrict the use of this parking lot. Limit the time you can spend with your friends. | ||
| Synonyms | confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baffle, clamp down, constrain, constrain, crack down, cramp, cumber, draw a line, draw the line, encumber, gate, halter, hamper, harness, inhibit, mark off, mark out, reduce, regulate, rein, restrain, rule, stiffen, strangle, tie, tighten, tighten, tighten up | ||
| 4. | bound (motion) spring back; spring away from an impact | ||
| Samples | The rubber ball bounced. These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide. | ||
| Synonyms | bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bound, jump, leap, spring | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bound off, carom, kick, kick back, recoil, skip | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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