In both cases, this is so the end of a page coincides with where it is turned. Bound can also mean to go or to plan to go, especially to a certain destination, as in being bound for new york or homewardbound. Her novel zel was named an american bookseller pick of the lists, a publishers weekly best book, a bulletin blue ribbon, and a school library journal best book, and a number of her novels have been selected as ala best. In righttoleft languages, books are bound on the right. Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind. Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book of codex format from an ordered stack of paper sheets that are folded together into sections or sometimes left as a stack of individual sheets. Donna jo napoli is the acclaimed and awardwinning author of many novels, both fantasies and contemporary stories. Many translated example sentences containing bound book spanish english dictionary and search engine for spanish translations.
Use our dictionary to check the spelling definitions of words. Middle english bounden, from past participle of binden to bind. English language affixes are almost exclusively prefixes or suffixes. Look up words and phrases in comprehensive, reliable bilingual dictionaries and search through billions of online translations.
Words like chairman that contain two free morphemes chair and man are referred to as compound words affixes are bound by definition. Middle english bounde from old french bunne, bodne from medieval latin. Book binding definition of book binding by the free dictionary. Wikipedia, lexilogos, oxford, cambridge, chambers harrap, wordreference, collins lexibase dictionaries, merriam webster.
Binding meaning of binding by lexico oxford dictionaries. Bound definition is fastened by or as if by a band. Definition and synonyms of bound from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. The victim finally arrived, bound to the tail of a cart, and when he had been hoisted upon the platform, where he could be seen from all points of the place, bound with cords and straps upon the wheel of the pillory, a prodigious hoot, mingled with laughter and acclamations, burst forth upon the place. Alternative methods of binding that are cheaper but less. Change your default dictionary to american english. Describes a noun or pronounfor example, a tall girl, an interesting book, a big house. Register bound to is used mainly in spoken english. I would rather have a book bound by a hard cover than paperback. Definition of bound written for english language learners from the merriamwebster learners dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and countnoncount noun labels.
Translation of bound at merriamwebsters spanishenglish dictionary. This course teaches english spelling rules with interactive exercises and spelling tests, helping learners with problems such as dyslexia to improve their english spelling and helping others to learn english as a foreign language. Bound adjective meaning, pronunciation and more by macmillan dictionary. Bound definition in the cambridge english dictionary. Wellbound definition of wellbound by the free dictionary. Synonyms for bound at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea e.
Denoting a substance, such as iodine, phosphorus, calcium, morphine, or some other drug, which is not in readily diffusible form but exists in combination with a high molecular weight substance, especially protein. Search bound book and thousands of other words in english cobuild dictionary from reverso. He pulled a heavy, leather bound book off from a high shelf, and cracked it open gently. Book meaning of book by lexico oxford english dictionary. The definition of bound is destined to happen or tied or secured physically or emotionally. Im bound to say phrase meaning, pronunciation and more by macmillan dictionary. A bound morpheme is a word element that cannot stand alone as a word, including both prefixes and suffixes. Translation memories are created by human, but computer aligned, which might cause mistakes.
Indicates something which cannot be avoided bound to meaning. Richard nordquist is professor emeritus of rhetoric and english at georgia southern university and the author of several universitylevel grammar and composition textbooks. Search bound book and thousands of other words in english definition and synonym dictionary from reverso. Audio pronunciations, verb conjugations, quizzes and more.
Anyone who, having the means, neglects to bury a dead body which he is legally bound to. You can translate the dictionary words into your native language. In written english, people usually use certain to, it is inevitable that instead. Newspapers, printing, publishing bound bound 2 s3 adjective no comparative 1 be bound to 2 be bound by something 3 befeel bound to do something 4 bound for londonmexico etc 5 be. Is bound by definition of is bound by by the free dictionary. The bound used, for example, in the sentence they watched him bound from group to group or forming the root of rebound is from a third source, a french word meaning leap or echo. Use bound in a sentence bound sentence examples sentences. You can complete the definition of bound book given by the english cobuild dictionary with other english dictionaries.
The noun and verb bend, by the way, is related to band and bind, as well as to the german word bund, meaning league. The book was bound with red leather and had gold lettering. The definition of bound is destined to happen or tied or. This phrase stems from the 12thcentury meaning of bound as ready or prepared.
Bound definition, simple past tense and past participle of bind. Bounds definition and meaning collins english dictionary. You can complete the definition of bound book given by the english definition dictionary with other english dictionaries. From longman dictionary of contemporary english bound bound 1 ba. A book or bound collection of maps, sometimes with supplementary illustrations. Free morphemes, by contrast, can stand alone as a word and. In languages written from left to right, such as english, books are bound on the left side of the cover. Bound adjective definition and synonyms macmillan dictionary. This book, eloquently written and exhaustively researched, is a warning along the lines of the handmaids tale, and just as necessary a read. Bound definition for englishlanguage learners from. Softbound definition of softbound by merriamwebster. Bound definition and meaning collins english dictionary.