'Bound up in' definitions:
Definition of 'Bound up in'
From: GCIDE
- Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.
- 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 6. Constipated; costive. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.
- Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Bound up in'
- Bound,
- Bounded,
- Bounding,
- bound off,
- bound up,
- bounds,
- out of bounds,
- Bound Brook,
- Bound bailiff,
- Butts and bounds,
- Homeward bound,
- bound form,
- bound morpheme,
- bounded interval,
- in-bounds,
- know no bounds,
- lower bound,
- muscle bound,
- out-of-bounds,
- upper bound,
- within bounds,
- Bound Brook, NJ,
- Gold-bound,
- Half-bound,
- Snow-bound,
- South Bound Brook,
- To keep within bounds,
- Water-bound,
- Weather-bound,
- Wood-bound,
- bound up involved wrapped up,
- brass-bound,
- cloth-bound,
- desk-bound,
- duty-bound,
- frost-bound,
- hard-bound,
- home-bound,
- homeward-bound,
- muscle-bound,
- outward-bound,
- spell-bound,
- well-bound,
- South Bound Brook, NJ,
- stormbound storm-bound