bound
US /baʊnd/
・UK /baʊnd/
A2
verb
- To cover a wound, as with a bandage
- To put pages and a cover together to create a book
- To be limited by a law, agreement, or contract
- To join people who share something into a group
- To wrap something with rope
- To jump energetically
- To form the physical limit where one area ends
- To walk, run with long steps in an excited way
adjecitve
- (Papers) being kept together or covered
- Limited by a law, agreement, or contract
- Forced to do something (through honor, duty, etc.)
- Being closely connected to one or more people
noun
- Held someone by contract or promise or law
Examples
Officials are bound by law to investigate any possible fraud. He was legally bound to report them to the authorities.
These problems were almost bound to arise.