~ 1
■ verb walk or run with leaping strides.
■ noun a leaping movement towards or over something.
Origin
C16: from Fr. bond (n.), bondir (v.) 'resound', later 're~', from late L. bombitare , from L. bombus 'humming'.
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~ 2
■ noun
1》 a ~ary.
2》 a limitation or restriction.
↘ technical a limiting value.
■ verb
1》 form the ~ary of.
2》 restrict.
Phrases
out of ~s
1》 beyond the acceptable or permitted limits.
2》 (in sport) beyond the field of play.
Origin
ME: from OFr. bodne , from med. L. bodina , earlier butina .
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~ 3
■ adjective going towards somewhere: a train ~ for Edinburgh.
↘destined to have a particular experience: they were ~ for disaster.
Origin
ME boun (in the sense 'ready, dressed'), from ON búinn , past participle of búa 'get ready'.
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~ 4
past and past participle of bind .
■ adjective
1》 ( -~ ) restricted or confined to or by a place or situation: his job kept him city-~.
2》 certain to be or to do or have something.
↘obliged to do something.
3》 ( -~ ) (of a book) having a specified binding.
4》 (of a grammatical element) occurring only in combination with another form.
Phrases
I'll be ~ Brit. I am sure.