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Verb bound has 4 senses
- jump, leap, bound, spring - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
--1 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- bound, border - form the boundary of; be contiguous to
--2 is one way to enclose, hold in, confine
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
--3 is one way to control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
--4 is one way to jump, leap, bound, spring
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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