BOUND
/ΛbaΚnd/
8
Scrabble
11
WWF
B(3) O(1) U(1) N(1) D(2)
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Definition
/ΛbaΚnd/
verb
- To tie; to confine by any ligature.
- To cohere or stick together in a mass.“Just to make the cheese more binding”
- To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.“I wish I knew why the sewing machine binds up after I use it for a while.”
adjective
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).“You are not legally bound to reply.”
- (of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- (of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
Source: Wiktionary
