bound

Examples

• All

• Whatever it's eaten in the last 24 hours is bound to still be in there.

  Jaws (1975)

• Try to imagine the cat ladies and wheelchair-bound elderly responding to pollsters.

  Blog text (20)

• She sits, bound, in a fetal position, her face soaked with sweat and tears, her mouth bloodied, her cheek bruised.

  Fiction book (1995)

• After a week of low-fiber meals, she felt bound and uncomfortable.

• The doctor prescribed medication to help the patient who was bound by constipation.

Synonyms

C

constipated

vsbound

15 5.1

Not able to pass stool easily

is the exact same description in the entry

C

costive

vsbound

• Formal

9.9

Having trouble passing stools

focuses on inability to evacuate bowels easily rather than tendency to cause it

Antonyms

R

regular

23 1.0

Having bowel movements at usual times and not being constipated

U

unobstructed

9 4.6

Not blocked so you can see or move through

Idioms

B

bound hand and foot

• Informal

7.7

Not able to act freely because rules or people stop you

Compounds

B

bound for

53 3.7

Going to a particular place, usually by travel

L

lower bound

• Specialized

3 7.0

A value that is no larger than any number in a set

U

upper bound

• Specialized

3 7.2

A number that is as big as or bigger than every number in a set

H

homeward-bound

1 3.9

Going toward home

O

outward-bound

1 5.2

Going away from a place, like a ship or train starting its journey

B

bound form

• Specialized

9.6

A small part added to a word that cannot stand alone, like -s in cats and -ed in walked

B

bound morpheme

• Specialized

8.6

A word part that cannot stand alone, like re- or -s

How Constipated

impacted

• Specialized

7.2

bound

• Archaic

2 8.9

regular

23 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology