bound¹ /bownd/ pat and pap of bind

1. Tied, fastened
2. (of books) provided with a binding
3. In linguistics, of a morpheme that cannot stand alone but only occurs as part of a word, eg the plural marker -s

Restricted to, or by, something specified, eg housebound, stormbound

boundˈ-bailiff noun

A sheriff's officer, so called from his bond given to the sheriff for the discharge of his duty

bound to

1. Obliged to (a person, etc)
2. Certain to (do something) (perh partly from bound²)

bound up with

Closely linked with

bound² /bownd/

1. Ready to start (for)
2. On the way to (with for, or following an adv, eg homeward bound; also as combining form, eg in southbound)
3. Ready, prepared (obsolete). See also bound¹

bound³ /bownd/

1. A limit
2. The upper or lower value in a range of possible values (statistics)
3. (in pl) the limit of that which is reasonable or permitted
4. (in pl) a borderland, land generally within certain understood limits, the district

1. To set bounds to, to limit or restrain
2. To surround or form the boundary of

boundˈed adjective

1. Restricted, cramped
2. Surrounded

boundˈless adjective

1. Having no limit
2. Vast

boundˈlessness noun

bound water noun (botany)

Water held by colloidal interaction and capillary forces

out of bounds

1. Not to be visited, entered, etc
2. In such a prohibited place

bound⁴ /bownd/

1. To spring or leap
2. To move or run with leaps
3. Rebound

A spring or leap

boundˈer noun

1. A person who bounds
2. A person whose moral conduct is objectionable (old sl)

boundˈing adjective

by leaps and bounds

By startlingly rapid stages

bind /bīnd/

1. To tie or fasten together
2. To pass or put something round
3. To restrain
4. To fix
5. To sew a border on
6. To bandage or tie (up)
7. To fasten the sections together and put a cover on (a book)
8. To impose an obligation on
9. To oblige by oath or promise
10. To contract as an apprentice
11. To hold or cement firmly
12. To cause (dry ingredients) to cohere by adding a small amount of liquid (cookery)
13. (of frost) to make (the earth) stiff and hard
14. To constipate
15. To bore (old sl)

1. To become bound
2. To chafe, restrict free movement
3. To complain (old sl)

1. A tie (music)
2. A difficult or annoying situation, a bore (informal)
3. The indurated clay between layers of coal
4. Capacity, measure (Scot)
5. A stem of the hop or other twiner

—See also bound¹ and bounden

bindˈer noun

1. A person who binds (books, sheaves, etc)
2. Anything that binds, such as a rope, a bandage, a cementing agent, a tie-beam, a header in masonry, or a case or file for binding loose papers in
3. An attachment to a reaping machine for tying the bundles of grain cut and thrown off
4. A reaping machine provided with such an attachment

bindˈery noun

A workplace where books are bound

bindˈing adjective

1. Restraining
2. Obligatory
3. (of specific foods, etc) likely to cause constipation

1. The act of someone who binds
2. Anything that binds
3. The covering of a book

binder twine noun

Twine used in a binder

binding energy noun (nuclear phys)

The difference between the rest mass of a nucleus and that of its constituent protons and neutrons, which is always greater

bindˈweed noun

1. Any of various weeds that trail along the ground and twine themselves around other plants, trees, etc (esp one of the genus Convolvulus)
2. Also (black bindweed) a species of Polygonum

be bound up in

To be wholly devoted to or occupied with

be bound up with

To be intimately or indissolubly connected with

bind off (chiefly US)

To cast off (in knitting, etc)

bind over

To subject to legal constraint (esp not to disturb the peace)

I'll be bound

I'll bet, I'm certain

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