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- pronunciation:
- baUnd
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- phrases:
- out of bounds
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
anything that serves as a limit or restriction.
This line of trees serves as the bound between our properties.The writer's imagination is beyond the bound of the ordinary.- synonyms:
- boundary, confines, limit, limitation, line, restraint, restriction, verge
- similar words:
- brink, check, curb, enclosure, margin, perimeter, periphery
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definition 2: |
(usu. pl.) the area contained within or lying near a boundary or outer limit of something.
Visitors must stay inside the bounds of the park.The ball was clearly out of bounds.- synonyms:
- border, frontier, limits, margin
- similar words:
- borderland, confines, outskirts, periphery
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related words: |
border, edge, measure |
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phrase: |
out of bounds |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
bounds, bounding, bounded |
definition: |
to define; limit.
The fence bounds the perimeter of our yard.Their property is bounded by a stream on one side.- synonyms:
- circumscribe, define, delimit, demarcate, limit
- similar words:
- border, confine, cramp, enclose, hem in, margin, restrict, skirt, terminate, verge
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related words: |
border, encircle, restrain, rim, stake |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition: |
to adjoin or border.
Their property bounds a golf course.- synonyms:
- abut, adjoin, skirt, verge
- similar words:
- join, meet, neighbor, touch
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derivation: |
boundable (adj.) |
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