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| bind |
If someone or something binds you in some way, or binds you to do something, they make you feel like you have to do this thing and you cannot free yourself from it. You feel that it is an obligation. If you feel bound to do something, you feel that you must do it, even if you don't want to. Maybe you promised someone you would do it or you signed an agreement to do it. [1/4 definitions] |
| book |
sheets of paper bound together between two covers. These pages can be blank or can have writing, printing, or pictures on them. [1/3 definitions] |
| bound1 |
When things are bound, they are tied together. [5 definitions] |
| caper1 |
a playful bound or leap. [1/3 definitions] |
| clump |
A clump is a thick mass of something, or a collection of things all bound or stuck together. [1/2 definitions] |
| dioxide |
a compound containing two atoms of oxygen bound to a single atom of another element. |
| eyelet |
a small hole in cloth or leather with bound or covered edges. An eyelet is used to pass cord or thread through, fasten hooks into, or serve as decoration. |
| fortune |
what is bound to happen to one in one's lifetime. [1/3 definitions] |
| leaf |
a sheet of paper, usually bound in a book. [1/5 definitions] |
| oblige |
to make (someone) feel bound to do something or to act in a certain way. [1/3 definitions] |
| sister |
a female who is bound to another or others by a common interest or through an organization. [1/3 definitions] |
| tablet |
a pad made up of sheets of paper bound together at one edge. [1/4 definitions] |
| untie |
to free from being tied or bound. [1/3 definitions] |
| volume |
a collection of pages of writing or print bound together; book. [1/5 definitions] |
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