A line determining the limits of an area.

synoniemen: boundary, edge.

Nederlands: grens, grenslijn, grenslinie

The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.

synoniemen: boundary, bounds.

Nederlands: grenslijn, grenslinie
Pools: granica, linia

The greatest possible degree of something:
— What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior.

synoniemen: boundary, limit.

Nederlands: grens, kaap, limiet
Pools: granica

A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.

synoniemen: bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring.

Roget 309: leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation^†.    ance, caper; curvet, caracole; gambade^†, gambado^†; capriole, demivolt^†; buck, buck jump; hop skip and jump; falcade^†.    kangaroo, jerboa; chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea; buckjumper^†; wallaby.    ... meer laten zien

Move forward by leaps and bounds:
— The horse bounded across the meadow.

synoniemen: jump, leap, spring.

Roget 309: leap; jump up, jump over the moon; hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper; buck, buck jump; curvet, caracole; foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start; frisk etc. (amusement) 840; jump about etc. (agitation) 315; trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 274: move quickly, trip, fisk^†; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle^†; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush etc. (be violent) 173; dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground.    hurry etc. (hasten) 684; accelerate, put on; quicken; quicken one's pace, mend one's pace; clap spurs to one's horse; make haste, make rapid strides, make forced marches, make the best of one's way; put one's best leg foremost, stir one's stumps, wing one's way, set off at a score; carry sail, crowd sail; go off like a shot, go like a shot, go ahead, gain ground; outstrip the wind, fly on the wings of the wind.    keep up with, keep pace with; outstrip etc. 303; outmarch^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: opspringen, voordringen, opschrikken, springen

Form the boundary of; be contiguous to.

synoniem: border.

Place limits on (extent or amount or access).

synoniemen: confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel.

Roget 229: circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround etc. 227; compass about; imprison etc. (restrain) 751; hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in, hedge round; picket; corral.    enfold, bury, encase, incase^†, pack up, enshrine, inclasp^†; wrap up etc. (invest) 225; embay^†, embosom^†.    containment (inclusion) 76.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: begrenzen, bepalen, beperken, indammen, inkrimpen, inperken, limiteren, terugdringen, volstaan

Spring back; spring away from an impact.

synoniemen: bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.

Nederlands: veren, zwiepen

Confined by bonds.

Roget 768: promising etc. v.; promissory; votive; under hand and seal, upon oath.    promised etc. v.; affianced, pledged, bound; committed, compromised; in for it.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 474: certain, sure, assured etc. v.; solid, well-founded.    unqualified, absolute, positive, determinate, definite, clear, unequivocal, categorical, unmistakable, decisive, decided, ascertained.    inevitable, unavoidable, avoidless^†; ineluctable.    unerring, infallible; unchangeable etc. 150; to be depended on, trustworthy, reliable, bound.    unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable; indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable; irrefutable etc. (proven) 478; conclusive, without power of appeal.    indubious^†; without doubt, beyond a doubt, without a shade or shadow of doubt, without question, beyond question; past dispute; clear as day; beyond all question, beyond all dispute; undoubted, uncontested, unquestioned, undisputed; questionless^†, doubtless.    authoritative, authentic, official.    sure as fate, sure as death and taxes, sure as a gun.    evident, self-evident, axiomatic; clear, clear as day, clear as the sun at noonday.    ... meer laten zien

Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.

Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form.

usually followed by `to' Governed by fate:
— Bound to happen.

synoniem: destined.

Covered or wrapped with a bandage:
— An injury bound in fresh gauze.

synoniem: bandaged.

Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students':
— Children bound for school.

synoniem: destined.

Bound by an oath.

Bound by contract.

synoniemen: apprenticed, articled, indentured.

Confined in the bowels.

Something that hinders as if with bonds.

Pools: pęta

Stick to firmly.

synoniemen: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to.

Roget 223: cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap etc. 225; encase, incase^†; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard [U.S.].    coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar; wash; besmear, bedaub; anoint, do over; gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker^†, enamel, whitewash; parget^†; lay it on thick.    overlie, overarch^†; endome^†; conceal etc. 528.    [of aluminum] anodize.    [of steel] galvanize.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: hechten, houden, vasthouden, vastzetten

Create social or emotional ties.

synoniemen: attach, bond, tie.

Roget 43: join, unite; conjoin, connect; associate; put together, lay together, clap together, hang together, lump together, hold together, piece together [Fr.], tack together, fix together, bind up together together; embody, reembody^†; roll into one.    attach, fix, affix, saddle on, fasten, bind, secure, clinch, twist, make fast etc. adj.; tie, pinion, string, strap, sew, lace, tat, stitch, tack, knit, button, buckle, hitch, lash, truss, bandage, braid, splice, swathe, gird, tether, moor, picket, harness, chain; fetter etc. (restrain) 751; lock, latch, belay, brace, hook, grapple, leash, couple, accouple^†, link, yoke, bracket; marry etc. (wed) 903; bridge over, span.    braze; pin, nail, bolt, hasp, clasp, clamp, crimp, screw, rivet; impact, solder, set; weld together, fuse together; wedge, rabbet, mortise, miter, jam, dovetail, enchase^†; graft, ingraft^†, inosculate^†; entwine, intwine^†; interlink, interlace, intertwine, intertwist^†, interweave; entangle; twine round, belay; tighten; trice up, screw up.    be joined &c.; hang together, hold together; cohere etc. 46.    ... meer laten zien

Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.

Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose.

synoniem: bandage.

Secure with or as if with ropes.

synoniemen: tie down, tie up, truss.

Roget 744: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige.    force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial; put down, dragoon.    extort, wring from; squeeze, put on the squeeze; put on the screws, turn on the screw; drag into; bind, bind over; pin down, tie down; require, tax, put in force; commandeer; restrain etc. 751.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 770: make terms, come to terms etc. (contract) 769; make it a condition, stipulate, insist upon, make a point of; bind, tie up.   

Nederlands: binden, knevelen, vastbinden

Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.

synoniemen: hold, obligate, oblige.

Roget 926: be the duty of; be incumbent etc. adj.. on, be responsible etc. adj.; behoove, become, befit, beseem; belong to, pertain to; fall to one's lot; devolve on; lie upon, lie on one's head, lie at one's door; rest with, rest on the shoulders of.    take upon oneself etc. (promise) 768; be bound to, become bound to, be sponsor for, become sponsor for; incur a responsibility etc. n.; be under an obligation, stand under an obligation, lie under an obligation; have to answer for, owe to it oneself.    impose a duty, etc. n.; enjoin, require, exact; bind, bind over; saddle with, prescribe, assign, call upon, look to, oblige.    enter upon a duty, perform a duty, observe a duty, fulfill a duty, discharge a duty, adhere to a duty, acquit oneself of a duty, satisfy a duty, enter upon an obligation, perform an obligation, observe an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, adhere to an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation, satisfy an obligation; act one's part, redeem one's pledge, do justice to, be at one's post; do duty; do one's duty etc. (be virtuous) 944.    be on one's good behavior, mind one's P's and Q's.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: een plezier doen, verplichten

Provide with a binding.

Nederlands: binden, boekbinden, inbinden

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.

synoniem: tie.

Nederlands: verbinden, aanbinden, aanhechten, binden, knevelen, vastbinden

Form a chemical bond with.

Nederlands: binden

Cause to be constipated.

synoniem: constipate.

Nederlands: stoppen