| VERB | motion | bound, jump, leap, spring | move forward by leaps and bounds |
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| stative | bound, border | form the boundary / boundary of | |
| change | bound, restrict, trammel, limit, confine, throttle | place limits on (extent or access) | |
| motion | bound, bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet | spring back | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | bound | confined by bonds |
| all | bound | held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union | |
| all | bound | secured with a cover or binding | |
| all | bound, destined | (usually followed by 'to') governed by fate | |
| all | bound, bandaged | covered or wrapped with a bandage | |
| all | bound, destined | headed or intending to head in a certain direction | |
| all | bound | bound by an oath | |
| all | bound, apprenticed, articled, indentured | bound by contract | |
| all | bound | confined in the bowels | |
| NOUN | shape | bound, boundary, edge | a line determining the limits of an area |
| location | bound, boundary, bounds | the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something | |
| attribute | bound, limit, boundary | the greatest possible degree of something | |
| act | bound, leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bounce | a light / light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
| Sounds | baw'nd | |
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| Rhymes | abound ... wound: 56 rhymes with awnd... | |
| Meaning | Confined by bonds. | |
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| Example | "bound and gagged hostages" | |
| Narrower | chained, enchained | Bound with chains |
| fettered, shackled | Bound by chains fastened around the ankles | |
| furled, rolled | rolled ... / rolled up and secured | |
| pinioned | Bound fast especially having the arms restrained | |
| tethered | Confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain | |
| trussed, tied | Bound or secured closely | |
| wired | Tied or bound with wire | |
| See also | unfree | hampered and not free |
| Opposite | unbound | not restrained or tied down by bonds |
| Spanish | atado | |
| Catalan | lligat | |
| Meaning | held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union. | |
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| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions | |
| Narrower | conjugate, conjugated | Of an organic compound |
| conjugate, conjugated | formed by the union of two compounds | |
| Opposite | free | unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion |
| Spanish | ligado | |
| Meaning | Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form. | |
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| Examples |
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| Narrower | brassbound | Having trim or fittings of brass |
| cased | enclosed in a case / case / case | |
| half-bound | (of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another | |
| paperback, paperbacked | (of books) having a flexible binding | |
| well-bound | (of books) having a sturdy and attractive binding | |
| Opposite | unbound | not secured within a cover |
| Spanish | encuadernado | |
| Catalan | enquadernat | |
| Meaning | (usually followed by 'to') governed by fate. | |
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| Example | "bound to happen" | |
| Synonym | destined | |
| Broader | certain, sure | Certain to occur |
| Spanish | condenado, destinado, predestinado, predeterminado | |
| Catalan | condemnat, destinat, predestinat, predeterminat | |
| Meaning | Covered or wrapped with a bandage. | |
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| Example | "an injury bound in fresh gauze" | |
| Synonym | bandaged | |
| Broader | treated | Given medical care or treatment |
| Spanish | vendado | |
| Meaning | headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students'. | |
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| Example | "children bound for school" | |
| Synonym | destined | |
| Broader | oriented, orientated | Adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances |
| Spanish | destinado | |
| Meaning | Bound by an oath. | |
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| Example | "a bound official" | |
| Broader | sworn | Bound by or stated on oath |
| Meaning | Bound by contract. | |
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| Synonyms | apprenticed, articled, indentured | |
| Broader | unfree | hampered and not free |
| Meaning | Confined in the bowels. | |
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| Example | "he is bound in the belly" | |
| Broader | constipated | Have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels |
| Meaning | A line determining the limits of an area. | |
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| Synonyms | boundary, edge | |
| Narrower | brink, threshold, verge | A region marking a boundary |
| lower bound | (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set | |
| margin, border, perimeter | The boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | |
| periphery, fringe, outer boundary | The outside boundary or surface of something | |
| rim | The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object | |
| thalweg | The middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states / states | |
| upper bound | (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set | |
| Broader | line | A length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness |
| Spanish | borde, frontera, límite | |
| Catalan | frontera, límit, vora | |
| Verbs | bound | place limits on (extent or access) |
| bound | form the boundary / boundary of | |
| Meaning | The greatest possible degree of something. | |
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| Example | "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior" | |
| Synonyms | limit, boundary | |
| Narrower | knife-edge | A narrow boundary |
| starkness, absoluteness, utterness | The quality of being complete or utter or extreme / extreme | |
| thermal barrier, heat barrier | A limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating | |
| utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best | The greatest possible degree | |
| verge, brink | The limit beyond which something happens / happens or changes | |
| Broader | extent | The distance or area or volume over which something extends |
| Spanish | frontera, límite, raya | |
| Catalan | frontera, límit, ratlla | |
| Meaning | A light / light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. | |
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| Synonyms | leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bounce | |
| Narrower | caper, capriole | A playful leap or hop |
| pounce | The act of pouncing | |
| Broader | jump, jumping | The act of jumping |
| Spanish | brinco, salto | |
| Catalan | bot, salt | |
| Verbs | bound | spring back |
| bound | move forward by leaps and bounds | |
| Meaning | Move forward by leaps and bounds. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The horse bounded across the meadow" | |
| Synonyms | jump, leap, spring | |
| Caused by | jump, leap | Cause to jump or leap |
| Narrower | bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet | spring back |
| bounce | leap suddenly | |
| burst | Move suddenly, energetically, or violently | |
| caper | Jump about playfully | |
| capriole | Perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | |
| curvet | Perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse | |
| galumph | Move around heavily and clumsily | |
| hop, skip, hop-skip | Jump lightly | |
| hop | make a jump forward or upward | |
| leapfrog | Jump across | |
| pronk | Jump straight up | |
| saltate | leap or skip / skip, often in dancing | |
| ski jump | jump on skis | |
| vault | Bound vigorously | |
| vault, overleap | Jump across or leap over (an obstacle) | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | botar, brincar, saltar | |
| Catalan | abalançar-se, botar, precipitar-se, saltar | |
| Nouns | bound | a light / light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
| bounder | someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition) | |
| Meaning | form the boundary / boundary of; be contiguous to. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | border | |
| Narrower | shore | Serve as a shore to |
| skirt | form the edge of | |
| verge | border on | |
| Broader | enclose, hold in, confine | Close in |
| Spanish | bordear, confinar, limitar | |
| Catalan | circumscriure, confinar, limitar, vorellar, voretar | |
| Nouns | boundary, bound | the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
| boundary, bound | a line determining the limits of an area | |
| Meaning | place limits on (extent or access). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonyms | restrict, trammel, limit, confine, throttle | |
| Narrower | clamp down, crack down | repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable) |
| demarcate, delimit, delimitate | Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | |
| draw the line, draw a line | Reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on) | |
| gate | restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory / dormitory or campus as a means / means of punishment | |
| hamper, halter, cramp, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of | |
| mark off, mark out | Set boundaries to and delimit | |
| reduce, tighten | Narrow or limit | |
| restrain, encumber, cumber | hold back | |
| scant, skimp | Limit in quality or quantity | |
| stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain | restrict | |
| tie | Limit or restrict to | |
| Spanish | estrangular, limitar, restringir | |
| Catalan | estrangular, limitar, restringir | |
| Nouns | bound | the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
| bound | a line determining the limits of an area | |
| Meaning | spring back; spring away from an impact. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonyms | bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet | |
| Narrower | carom | rebound after hitting |
| kick back, recoil, kick | spring back, as from a forceful thrust | |
| skip, bound off | bound off one point after another | |
| Broader | jump, leap, bound, spring | Move forward by leaps and bounds |
| Spanish | rebotar | |
| Catalan | rebotar, rebotre | |
| Nouns | bound | a light / light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
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