bound
Adjective
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also: unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at willsimilar to:
- chained, enchained - bound with chains
- fettered, shackled - bound by chains fastened around the ankles
- furled, 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
- tied, trussed - bound or secured closely
- wired - tied or bound with wire
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referred to in:
- chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
- natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions
similar to:- conjugate, conjugated - of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond
- conjugate, conjugated - formed by the union of two compounds
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similar to:
- brassbound - having trim or fittings of brass
- cased - enclosed in a 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
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same as: destined
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similar to: treated - given medical care or treatmentsame as: bandaged
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similar to: orientated, oriented - adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combinationsame as: destined
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similar to: sworn - bound by or stated on oath
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similar to: unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will
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similar to: constipated - have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels
Noun
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is a type of: line - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving pointsubtypes:
- rim - the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
- border, margin, perimeter - the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary
- fringe, outer boundary, periphery - the outside boundary or surface of something
- brink, threshold, verge - a region marking a boundary
- upper bound - (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set
- lower bound - (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set
- thalweg - the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states
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is a type of: extremity - the outermost or farthest region or pointsubtypes:
- hairline - the natural margin formed by hair on the head
- frontier - an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
- heliopause - the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet
- border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation, mete - a line that indicates a boundary
- bourn, bourne - an archaic term for a boundary
- district line - the boundary between two districts
- county line - the boundary between two counties
- city line - the boundary of a city
- border, edge - the boundary of a surface
- end - a boundary marking the extremities of something
- demarcation, demarcation line, limit - the boundary of a specific area
- lineation, outline - the line that appears to bound an object
- surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- shoreline - a boundary line between land and water
specific instances:- rubicon - the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war
- moho, mohorovicic discontinuity - the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle
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is a type of: extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extendssubtypes:
- knife-edge - a narrow boundary
- absoluteness, starkness, utterness - the quality of being complete or utter or extreme
- heat barrier, thermal barrier - a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
- level best, maximum, utmost, uttermost - the greatest possible degree
- brink, verge - the limit beyond which something happens or changes
Verb
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsubtypes:
- pronk - jump straight up
- bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop - spring back; spring away from an impact
- burst - move suddenly, energetically, or violently
- bounce - leap suddenly
- capriole - perform a capriole, of horses in dressage
- galumph - move around heavily and clumsily
- ski jump - jump on skis
- saltate - leap or skip, often in dancing
- vault - bound vigorously
- leapfrog - jump across
- overleap, vault - jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
- curvet - perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse
- hop, hop-skip, skip - jump lightly
- caper - jump about playfully
- hop - make a jump forward or upward
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same as: border
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subtypes:
- reduce, tighten - narrow or limit
- tie - limit or restrict to
- gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment
- draw a line, draw the line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on)
- mark off, mark out - set boundaries to and delimit
- cramp, halter, hamper, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of
- constrain, stiffen, tighten, tighten up - severely restrict in scope or extent
- clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable)
- delimit, delimitate, demarcate - set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
- cumber, encumber, restrain - restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
- scant, skimp - limit in quality or quantity
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