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  • 51bound — I adjective 1) his bound ankles Syn: tied, chained, fettered, shackled, secured, tied up 2) she seemed bound to win Syn: certain, sure, very likely, destined, fated, doomed …

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  • 52-bound — UK [baʊnd] / US suffix 1) used with some adjectives and nouns, for example place names, to make adjectives describing where someone or something is going a Tokyo bound plane 2) used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning that someone is… …

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  • 53bound — English has no fewer than four separate words bound. The only one which goes back to Old English is the adjective, meaning ‘obliged’ or ‘destined’, which comes from the past participle of bind (in Old English this was bunden, which survives… …

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  • 54Bound — Bind Bind, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly {Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to… …

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  • 55Bound — Bind Bind, v. t. [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly {Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to… …

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  • 56bound — 1. adjective /ˈbaʊnd/ a) Obliged (to). You are not legally bound to reply. b) Very likely (to). They were bound to come into conflict eventually. Ant …

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  • 57Bound — This interesting surname, of Anglo Saxon origin, with variant spellings Bound, Bownd, Bownde and Bounde, was at first a status surname for a peasant farmer or husbandman. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th Century bonda, bunda ,… …

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  • 58bound — Synonyms and related words: Highland fling, absolute, adjoin, affianced, affiliate, affiliated, allied, and jump, apodictic, apprenticed, articled, assembled, associate, associated, assured, backfire, backlash, backlashing, banded together,… …

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  • 59bound — I adjective 1) he raised his bound ankles Syn: tied, restrained, fixed, fastened, secured 2) she seemed bound to win Syn: certain, sure, very likely, destined 3) …

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  • 60bound — 1. v. & n. v.intr. 1 a spring, leap (bounded out of bed). b walk or run with leaping strides. 2 (of a ball etc.) recoil from a wall or the ground; bounce. n. 1 a springy movement upwards or outwards; a leap. 2 a bounce. Phrases and idioms: by… …

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