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7 PHRASE If one thing is bound up with or in another, they are closely connected with each other, and it is difficult to consider the two things separately. □  My fate was bound up with hers. □  Their interests were completely bound up in their careers.

8 → see also bind over

➋ bound ◆◇◇ /baʊ nd/ (bounds , bounding , bounded )

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1 N‑PLURAL [usu within/beyond N ] Bounds are limits which normally restrict what can happen or what people can do. □  Changes in temperature occur slowly and are constrained within relatively tight bounds. □ [+ of ] …a forceful personality willing to go beyond the bounds of convention. □ [+ of ] …the bounds of good taste.

2 VERB If an area of land is bounded by something, that thing is situated around its edge. □ [be V -ed + by ] The area is bounded by Oxford Street to the north and Leicester Square to the south. □ [V n] …the trees that bounded the car park. □ [V -ed] …the park, bounded by two busy main roads and a huge housing estate.

3 V-PASSIVE If someone's life or situation is bounded by certain things, those are its most important aspects and it is limited or restricted by them. □ [be V -ed + by ] Our lives are bounded by work, family and television.

4 VERB If a person or animal bounds in a particular direction, they move quickly with large steps or jumps. □ [V prep/adv] He bounded up the steps and pushed the bell of the door.

5 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A bound is a long or high jump. [LITERARY ] □  With one bound Jack was free.

6 VERB If the quantity or performance of something bounds ahead, it increases or improves quickly and suddenly. □ [V adv] The shares bounded ahead a further 11p to 311p.

7 PHRASE If you say that a feeling or quality knows no bounds , you are emphasizing that it is very strong or intense. [EMPHASIS ] □  The passion of Argentinian football fans knows no bounds.

8 PHRASE If a place is out of bounds , people are not allowed to go there. □  For the last few days the area has been out of bounds to foreign journalists.

9 PHRASE If something is out of bounds , people are not allowed to do it, use it, see it, or know about it. □  The subject is out of bounds today.

10leaps and bounds → see leap

-bound /-baʊnd/

1 COMB -bound combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe a person who finds it impossible or very difficult to leave the specified place. □  I'm pretty desk-bound, which is very frustrating.

2 COMB -bound combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe a place that is greatly affected by the specified type of weather. □  Three people were hurt in a 12-car pile up on a fog-bound motorway yesterday.

3 COMB -bound combines with nouns to form adjectives which describe something or someone that is prevented from working properly or is badly affected by the specified situation. [WRITTEN ] □  …the tradition-bound officers of the navy.

4 → see also bound ➊ 5 , duty-bound , muscle-bound

bounda|ry /baʊ ndəri/ (boundaries )

1 N‑COUNT The boundary of an area of land is an imaginary line that separates it from other areas. □ [+ of ] …the Bow Brook which forms the western boundary of the wood. □  Drug traffickers operate across national boundaries. [Also + between ]