BOUND

BOUND 1 syllable

B1 · Intermediate 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 8 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. a line determining the limits of an area
  2. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  3. the greatest possible degree of something
  4. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

💬 Examples

  • "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"
  • "to the limit of his ability"

🔗 Similar words

boundaryedgeboundslimitleapleaping
verb
  1. move forward by leaps and bounds
  2. form the boundary of
  3. place limits on (extent or amount or access)
  4. spring back

💬 Examples

  • "The horse bounded across the meadow"
  • "The child leapt across the puddle"
  • "be contiguous to"
  • "restrict the use of this parking lot"

🔗 Similar words

jumpleapspringborderrestricttrammel
adjective
  1. confined by bonds
  2. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
  3. secured with a cover or binding
  4. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

💬 Examples

  • "bound and gagged hostages"
  • "often used as a combining form"
  • "bound volumes"
  • "bound to happen"

🔗 Similar words

bound(p)destinedbandagedapprenticedarticledindentured
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