bound
noun
1 bound
A line determining the limits of an area.
synonyms: boundary, edge.
Dutch: grens, grenslijn, grenslinie
2 bound
The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.
synonyms: boundary, bounds.
Dutch: grenslijn, grenslinie
Polish: granica, linia
3 bound
The greatest possible degree of something:
— What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior.
synonyms: boundary, limit.
Dutch: grens, kaap, limiet
Polish: granica
4 bound
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.
synonyms: bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring.
Roget 309:
leap,
jump,
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
saltation†.
ance,
caper;
curvet,
caracole;
gambade†,
gambado†;
capriole,
demivolt†;
buck,
buck jump;
hop skip and jump;
falcade†.
kangaroo,
jerboa;
chamois,
goat,
frog,
grasshopper,
flea;
buckjumper†;
wallaby.
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verb
1 bound
Move forward by leaps and bounds:
— The horse bounded across the meadow.
synonyms: jump, leap, spring.
Roget 309:
leap;
jump up,
jump over the moon;
hop,
spring,
bound,
vault,
ramp,
cut capers,
trip,
skip,
dance,
caper;
buck,
buck jump;
curvet,
caracole;
foot it,
bob,
bounce,
flounce,
start;
frisk
etc.
(amusement)
840;
jump about
etc.
(agitation)
315;
trip it on the light fantastic toe,
trip the light fantastic,
dance oneself off one's legs,
dance off one's shoes.
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Roget 274:
move quickly,
trip,
fisk†;
speed,
hie,
hasten,
post,
spank,
scuttle;
scud,
scuddle†;
scour,
scour the plain;
scamper;
run like mad,
beat it;
fly,
race,
run a race,
cut away,
shot,
tear,
whisk,
zoom,
swoosh,
sweep,
skim,
brush;
cut along,
bowl along,
barrel along,
barrel;
scorch,
burn up the track;
rush
etc.
(be violent)
173;
dash on,
dash off,
dash forward;
bolt;
trot,
gallop,
amble,
troll,
bound,
flit,
spring,
dart,
boom;
march in quick time,
march in double time;
ride hard,
get over the ground.
hurry
etc.
(hasten)
684;
accelerate,
put on;
quicken;
quicken one's pace,
mend one's pace;
clap spurs to one's horse;
make haste,
make rapid strides,
make forced marches,
make the best of one's way;
put one's best leg foremost,
stir one's stumps,
wing one's way,
set off at a score;
carry sail,
crowd sail;
go off like a shot,
go like a shot,
go ahead,
gain ground;
outstrip the wind,
fly on the wings of the wind.
keep up with,
keep pace with;
outstrip
etc.
303;
outmarch†.
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Dutch: opspringen, voordringen, opschrikken, springen
2 bound
Form the boundary of; be contiguous to.
synonym: border.
3 bound
Place limits on (extent or amount or access).
synonyms: confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel.
Roget 229:
circumscribe,
limit,
bound,
confine,
inclose;
surround
etc.
227;
compass about;
imprison
etc.
(restrain)
751;
hedge in,
wall in,
rail in;
fence round,
fence in,
hedge round;
picket;
corral.
enfold,
bury,
encase,
incase†,
pack up,
enshrine,
inclasp†;
wrap up
etc.
(invest)
225;
embay†,
embosom†.
containment
(inclusion)
76.
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Dutch: begrenzen, bepalen, beperken, indammen, inkrimpen, inperken, limiteren, terugdringen, volstaan
4 bound
adjective
1 bound
Confined by bonds.
Roget 768:
promising
etc.
v.;
promissory;
votive;
under hand and seal,
upon oath.
promised
etc.
v.;
affianced,
pledged,
bound;
committed,
compromised;
in for it.
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Roget 474:
certain,
sure,
assured
etc.
v.;
solid,
well-founded.
unqualified,
absolute,
positive,
determinate,
definite,
clear,
unequivocal,
categorical,
unmistakable,
decisive,
decided,
ascertained.
inevitable,
unavoidable,
avoidless†;
ineluctable.
unerring,
infallible;
unchangeable
etc.
150;
to be depended on,
trustworthy,
reliable,
bound.
unimpeachable,
undeniable,
unquestionable;
indisputable,
incontestable,
incontrovertible,
indubitable;
irrefutable
etc.
(proven)
478;
conclusive,
without power of appeal.
indubious†;
without doubt,
beyond a doubt,
without a shade or shadow of doubt,
without question,
beyond question;
past dispute;
clear as day;
beyond all question,
beyond all dispute;
undoubted,
uncontested,
unquestioned,
undisputed;
questionless†,
doubtless.
authoritative,
authentic,
official.
sure as fate,
sure as death and taxes,
sure as a gun.
evident,
self-evident,
axiomatic;
clear,
clear as day,
clear as the sun at noonday.
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2 bound
Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.
3 bound
Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form.
4 bound
usually followed by `to' Governed by fate:
— Bound to happen.
synonym: destined.
5 bound
Covered or wrapped with a bandage:
— An injury bound in fresh gauze.
synonym: bandaged.
6 bound
Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students':
— Children bound for school.
synonym: destined.
7 bound
8 bound
9 bound
adverb
Roget 926:
with a safe conscience,
as in duty,
bound,
on one's own responsibility,
at one's own risk,
suo periculo [Lat.];
in foro conscientiae [Lat.];
quamdiu se bene gesserit [Lat.].
Moby thesaurus: Highland fling, absolute, adjoin, affianced, affiliate, affiliated, allied, and jump, apodictic, apprenticed, articled, assembled, associate, associated, assured, backfire, backlash, backlashing, banded together, barred, befringe, beholden, beholden to, beleaguer, beleaguered, beset, besiege, besieged, betrothed, bind, blockade, blockaded, blocked, booked, boomerang, border, border line, borders, bounce, bounce back, bound and determined, bound back, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounded, bounden, bounden to, bounds, bourn, box in, bracketed, break boundary, breakoff point, broad jump, buck, buckjump, cabined, cage, caged, cannon, cannon off, canter, caper, capriole, carom, ceiling, certain, chamber, choked, choked up, circle in, circumscribe, circumscription, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, clogged, clogged up, cloistered, close in, closed-in, collateral, collected, committed, compass, compelled, compromised, conclusive, condition, conditioned, confine, confined, confines, congested, conjoined, conjugate, connected, constipated, constrained, contain, contracted, contrecoup, coop, coop in, coop up, cooped, copulate, copyright, copyrighted, cordon, cordon off, cordoned, cordoned off, corral, corralled, correlated, costive, coupled, cramped, cribbed, curvet, cutoff, cutoff point, deadline, decided, decisive, dedicated, define, definite, delimit, delimitate, delimitation, demarcate, demivolt, destined, determinant, determinate, determine, determined, devoted, directed, discipline, disciplined, divide, division line, doomed, draw the line, duty-bound, earnest, edge, encircle, enclose, enclosed, encompass, end, enframe, engaged, enshrine, enslaved, extent, extremity, fast, fastened, fated, fence in, fenced, fettered, finish, finite, fix, fixed, floor, fly back, flying jump, forced, foul, fouled, fox-trot, frame, fringe, frolic, frontier, full, galliard, gallop, gambol, gathered, gelandesprung, get, git, grand jete, guaranteed, hampered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, handcuffed, handspring, have repercussions, headed, hedge, hedge about, hedge in, hedged, hem, hem in, hemmed, high jump, high-water mark, hightail, hippety-hop, hop, hop along, hotfoot, house in, hurdle, immured, implicated, impound, imprison, imprisoned, in bonds, in chains, in duty bound, in irons, incarcerate, incarcerated, include, incorporated, indebted to, indentured, ineluctable, inevitable, infarcted, integrated, intended, interface, interlinked, interlocked, interrelated, intimate, involved, ironbound, jail, jailed, jammed, jete, jig, joined, jump, jump over, jump shot, jump turn, jump-hop, jump-off, kennel, kick, kick back, kickback, knotted, lap, lash back, lavolta, lay off, leagued, leaguer, leaguered, leap, leap over, leapfrog, likely, limen, limit, limitation, limited, limiting factor, limits, line, line of demarcation, linked, list, long jump, lop, lope, low-water mark, lower limit, make tracks, manacled, march, marge, margin, marginate, mark, mark boundaries, mark off, mark out, mark the periphery, matched, mated, measure, merged, mete, mew, mew up, mewed, moderate, moderated, morris, narrow, necessary, negotiate, obligate, obligated, obliged, obliged to, obstinate, obstipated, obstructed, of that ilk, of that kind, overjump, overleap, overskip, packed, paired, paled, parallel, patent, patented, pen, pen in, penned, pent-up, perfectly sure, persevering, persistent, pledged, plighted, plugged, plugged up, pocket, pole vault, positive, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, precincts, predestined, predetermined, prescribed, promised, proscribed, purfle, purl, purlieus, purposeful, qualified, qualify, quarantine, quarantined, rail in, railed, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, register, related, relentless, repercuss, repercussion, repulse, required, resile, resilience, resolute, resolved, restrain, restrained, restrict, restricted, ricochet, rim, romp, rope off, run, running broad jump, running high jump, saddled, saut de basque, scant, scheduled, secured, separate, serious, set off, set the limit, shackled, shrine, shut in, shut up, shut-in, side, sincere, single-minded, ski jump, skip, skirt, snap back, specialize, specify, spliced, spring, spring back, sprint, stable, stake out, start, start aside, start up, starting line, starting point, steeplechase, step, step along, step lively, stint, stopped, stopped up, strait, straiten, straitened, strapped, stuffed, stuffed up, sure, sure-enough, surround, sworn, target date, tenacious, term, terminal date, terminus, tethered, threshold, tied, tied down, tied up, time allotment, tour jete, trammeled, trim, trip, trot, true, twinned, unambiguous, under obligation, underwritten, undivided, unequivocal, united, univocal, unmistakable, updive, upleap, upper limit, upspring, vault, verge, wall in, walled, walled-in, warranted, wed, wedded, wholehearted, wrap, yard, yard up, yoked ... show more.
bind
noun
1 bind
Something that hinders as if with bonds.
Polish: pęta
verb
1 bind
Stick to firmly.
synonyms: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to.
Roget 223:
cover;
superpose,
superimpose;
overlay,
overspread;
wrap
etc.
225;
encase,
incase†;
face,
case,
veneer,
pave,
paper;
tip,
cap,
bind;
bulkhead,
bulkhead in;
clapboard [U.S.].
coat,
paint,
varnish,
pay,
incrust,
stucco,
dab,
plaster,
tar;
wash;
besmear,
bedaub;
anoint,
do over;
gild,
plate,
japan,
lacquer,
lacker†,
enamel,
whitewash;
parget†;
lay it on thick.
overlie,
overarch†;
endome†;
conceal
etc.
528.
[of aluminum]
anodize.
[of steel]
galvanize.
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Dutch: hechten, houden, vasthouden, vastzetten
2 bind
Create social or emotional ties.
synonyms: attach, bond, tie.
Roget 43:
join,
unite;
conjoin,
connect;
associate;
put together,
lay together,
clap together,
hang together,
lump together,
hold together,
piece together [Fr.],
tack together,
fix together,
bind up together together;
embody,
reembody†;
roll into one.
attach,
fix,
affix,
saddle on,
fasten,
bind,
secure,
clinch,
twist,
make fast
etc.
adj.;
tie,
pinion,
string,
strap,
sew,
lace,
tat,
stitch,
tack,
knit,
button,
buckle,
hitch,
lash,
truss,
bandage,
braid,
splice,
swathe,
gird,
tether,
moor,
picket,
harness,
chain;
fetter
etc.
(restrain)
751;
lock,
latch,
belay,
brace,
hook,
grapple,
leash,
couple,
accouple†,
link,
yoke,
bracket;
marry
etc.
(wed)
903;
bridge over,
span.
braze;
pin,
nail,
bolt,
hasp,
clasp,
clamp,
crimp,
screw,
rivet;
impact,
solder,
set;
weld together,
fuse together;
wedge,
rabbet,
mortise,
miter,
jam,
dovetail,
enchase†;
graft,
ingraft†,
inosculate†;
entwine,
intwine†;
interlink,
interlace,
intertwine,
intertwist†,
interweave;
entangle;
twine round,
belay;
tighten;
trice up,
screw up.
be joined
&c.;
hang together,
hold together;
cohere
etc.
46.
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3 bind
Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.
4 bind
Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose.
synonym: bandage.
5 bind
Secure with or as if with ropes.
synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss.
Roget 744:
compel,
force,
make,
drive,
coerce,
constrain,
enforce,
necessitate,
oblige.
force upon,
press;
cram down the throat,
thrust down the throat,
force down the throat;
say it must be done,
make a point of,
insist upon,
take no denial;
put down,
dragoon.
extort,
wring from;
squeeze,
put on the squeeze;
put on the screws,
turn on the screw;
drag into;
bind,
bind over;
pin down,
tie down;
require,
tax,
put in force;
commandeer;
restrain
etc.
751.
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Roget 770:
make terms,
come to terms
etc.
(contract)
769;
make it a condition,
stipulate,
insist upon,
make a point of;
bind,
tie up.
Dutch: binden, knevelen, vastbinden
6 bind
Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.
synonyms: hold, obligate, oblige.
Roget 926:
be the duty of;
be incumbent
etc.
adj..
on,
be responsible
etc.
adj.;
behoove,
become,
befit,
beseem;
belong to,
pertain to;
fall to one's lot;
devolve on;
lie upon,
lie on one's head,
lie at one's door;
rest with,
rest on the shoulders of.
take upon oneself
etc.
(promise)
768;
be bound to,
become bound to,
be sponsor for,
become sponsor for;
incur a responsibility
etc.
n.;
be under an obligation,
stand under an obligation,
lie under an obligation;
have to answer for,
owe to it oneself.
impose a duty,
etc.
n.;
enjoin,
require,
exact;
bind,
bind over;
saddle with,
prescribe,
assign,
call upon,
look to,
oblige.
enter upon a duty,
perform a duty,
observe a duty,
fulfill a duty,
discharge a duty,
adhere to a duty,
acquit oneself of a duty,
satisfy a duty,
enter upon an obligation,
perform an obligation,
observe an obligation,
fulfill an obligation,
discharge an obligation,
adhere to an obligation,
acquit oneself of an obligation,
satisfy an obligation;
act one's part,
redeem one's pledge,
do justice to,
be at one's post;
do duty;
do one's duty
etc.
(be virtuous)
944.
be on one's good behavior,
mind one's P's and Q's.
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Dutch: een plezier doen, verplichten
7 bind
Provide with a binding.
Dutch: binden, boekbinden, inbinden
8 bind
Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.
synonym: tie.
Dutch: verbinden, aanbinden, aanhechten, binden, knevelen, vastbinden
9 bind
Form a chemical bond with.
Dutch: binden
10 bind
Cause to be constipated.
synonym: constipate.
Dutch: stoppen
Moby thesaurus: accept obligation, adjoin, afterthought, agglutinate, agree to, ally, anchor, annoyance, answer for, apply, apprentice, article, associate, attach, band, bandage, bar, be answerable for, be responsible for, be security for, befringe, belt, bend, bind over, bind up, block, block up, blockade, blockage, border, bore, bother, bound, brace, bracket, braze, bridle, bundle, bung, bureaucratic delay, caulk, cause, cause to, cement, chain, chink, choke, choke off, choke up, cinch, clog, clog up, clutch, commit, compel, complication, congest, connect, constipate, constrain, contract, cork, correlate, couple, cover, crunch, dam, dam up, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detention, dilemma, do up, double take, dragging, draw a parallel, drive, edge, embarrassing position, embarrassment, enchain, encircle, enforce, enframe, engage, entrammel, equate, fasten, fetter, fill, fill up, fine how-do-you-do, fix, force, foul, frame, fringe, fuse, gird, girdle, girt, girth, glue, go bail for, gum, gyve, halt, hamper, handcuff, hang-up, have, have an understanding, hell to pay, hem, hindrance, hobble, hog-tie, hold, holdup, hopple, hot water, how-do-you-do, identify, imbroglio, impel, indenture, interim, interrelate, irritant, irritation, jam, lace, lag, lagging, lap, lash, leash, line, link, list, logjam, make, make fast, make imperative, make incumbent, manacle, march, marge, margin, marginate, mess, mix, moor, morass, moratorium, obligate, oblige, obstipate, obstruct, obstruction, ordeal, pack, paperasserie, parallel, parallelize, parlous straits, pass, paste, pause, peg down, picket, pickle, pin down, pinch, pinion, pledge, plight, plug, plug up, predicament, pretty pass, pretty pickle, pretty predicament, purfle, purl, put in irons, quagmire, quicksand, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, relate, relativize, reprieve, require, respite, restrain, retardance, retardation, rim, rope, saddle with, scrape, secure, set off, shackle, shake hands on, side, skirt, slough, slow-up, slowdown, slowness, solder, spile, splice, spot, squeeze, stanch, stay, stay of execution, stench, stew, stick, stick together, sticky wicket, stop, stop up, stoppage, stopper, stopple, strait, straitjacket, straits, strap, stuff, stuff up, suspension, swaddle, swamp, swathe, take the vows, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, tie-up, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, time lag, trammel, trial, tricky spot, trim, truss, undertake, unholy mess, use force upon, verge, vexation, wait, wed, weld, wire, wrap, wrap up, wreathe ... show more.
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