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bouncing
  • n  rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)
  • v  spring back; spring away from an impact
  • v  hit something so that it bounces
  • v  move up and down repeatedly
  • v  come back after being refused
  • v  leap suddenly
  • v  refuse to accept and send back
  • v  eject from the premises
  • s  vigorously healthy
    a bouncing baby
  • s  marked by lively action
    a bouncing gait
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bouncy
  • s  elastic; rebounds readily
    clean bouncy hair
  • s  marked by lively action
    bouncy tunes
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bound
  • n  a line determining the limits of an area
  • n  the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  • n  the greatest possible degree of something
    what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
  • n  a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  • v  move forward by leaps and bounds
    The horse bounded across the meadow
  • v  form the boundary of; be contiguous to
  • v  place limits on (extent or access)
  • v  spring back; spring away from an impact
  • v  stick to firmly
  • v  create social or emotional ties
  • v  make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
  • v  wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
  • v  secure with or as if with ropes
  • v  bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
  • v  provide with a binding
  • v  fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
  • v  form a chemical bond with
  • v  cause to be constipated
  • a  confined by bonds
    bound and gagged hostages
  • a  held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
  • a  secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
    bound volumes
    leather-bound volumes
  • s  (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
    bound to happen
  • s  covered or wrapped with a bandage
    an injury bound in fresh gauze
  • s  headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
    children bound for school
  • s  bound by an oath
    a bound official
  • s  bound by contract
  • s  confined in the bowels
    he is bound in the belly
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bound up
  • s  closely or inseparably connected or associated with
  • s  deeply devoted to
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bounded
  • v  move forward by leaps and bounds
    The horse bounded across the meadow
  • v  form the boundary of; be contiguous to
  • v  place limits on (extent or access)
  • v  spring back; spring away from an impact
  • s  having the limits or boundaries established
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bounden
  • s  morally obligatory
    my bounden duty
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boundless
  • s  seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
    children with boundless energy
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bounteous
  • s  given or giving freely
    the bounteous goodness of God
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bountied
  • s  rewarded or able to be rewarded by a bounty
    a bountied animal pelt
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bountiful
  • s  given or giving freely
    bountiful compliments
  • s  producing in abundance
    the bountiful earth
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bourgeois
  • n  a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
  • n  a member of the middle class
  • s  (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
  • s  conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class
    a bourgeois mentality
  • s  belonging to the middle class
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