All 9 Uses of
bound
in
Cold Sassy Tree
- I ran all the way, my brown and white bird dog, T.R., bounding ahead.†
bounding = leaping or jumping
- Cold Sassy thought Grandpa had really stepped out of bounds, asking a Negro preacher to give the sermon.†
*out of bounds = beyond the permitted boundary or limit
- I'd always thought of her as bounding along like a young mountain goat, but now she looked like any other mill hand.†
*bounding = leaping or jumping
- Said we were bound for the cemetery —"but first, son, we'll go by yore house.†
- Having both, we were bound to grow, but Grandpa said he didn't see how the population could change any.†
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- It always came back through Cold Sassy with a load of lumber from the sawmill at Lula, bound for the lumberyard in Athens, and usually there were some passenger cars carrying folks who'd been to Atlanta.†
- After that didn't work, he bounded down the brambly path to the creek below, where we had just come from, and splashed over to the other side, trying to show me a better way to get there.†
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- Her heavy brown hair was bound up and covered with a kerchief made out of a rag — actually a piece of Granny's old white outing nightgown.†
- Doc had bound his chest tight with strips of old sheets to keep the broke ribs from moving every time he breathed.†
Definitions:
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(bound as in: south-bound lanes) traveling in a particular direction or to a specific location
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(2)
(bound as in: bound to succeed) almost certain to; or determined to
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(3)
(bound as in: bound together or bound by law) constrained and/or held together or wrappedThe sense of constrained, can mean tied up or obligated depending upon the context. For example:
- "Her wrists were bound." -- tied up
- "I am bound by my word." -- required or obligated (in this case to keep a promise)
- "He is muscle bound." -- prevented from moving easily (due to having such large, tight muscles)
The exact meaning of the senses of held together or wrapped also depend upon context. For example:- "The pages of the book are bound with glue." -- held together physically
- "The book is bound in leather." -- wrapped or covered
- "The United States and England are bound together by a common language." -- connected or united (tied together, figuratively)
- "She cleaned the wound and bound it with fresh bandages." -- wrapped
- "She is wheelchair-bound." -- connected (moves with a wheelchair because she is unable to walk)
- "The jacket has bound buttonholes." -- edges wrapped by fabric or trim rather than stitches
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(bound as in: out of bounds) a boundary or limit
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(bound as in: The deer bound across the trail.) to leap or jump
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(6)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) For more specialized senses of bound, see a comprehensive dictionary. For example, the word can refer to constipation and has specialized meanings in law, chemistry, logic, and linguistics.