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  • past participle of bind.
  • past tense form of bind.
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bound

[bound] / baʊnd /






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“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Beside Grant, who is bound for the Portland Cascade, there will be 12 other former Bruins sprinkled among the league’s six rosters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Xi praised the two as "good neighbours, good friends and good comrades bound by a shared destiny", and called for closer strategic coordination.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Next to them, a bachelorette party bound for Croatia sips Champagne.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“Did you sleep well?” she asked with a searching look, as if she were trying to see the rumpel that bound me.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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