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bound, v.
(bounded, bounding, bounds)
freq. cnt. 9

move forward by leaps and bounds
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 60 freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 4

bound jump leap spring

sample sentences

"The horse bounded across the meadow"
"The child leapt across the puddle"
"Can you jump over the fence?"

verb frames

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The horses %s across the field

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The horses %s across the field

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lexical pointers

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leap leap leaper

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semantic pointers

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pronk bounce, spring, bound, rebound, ricochet, resile, take a hop, recoil, reverberate burst bounce capriole galumph ski jump saltate vault leapfrog vault, overleap curvet hop, skip, hop-skip caper hop

place limits on (extent or amount or access)
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 36 freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

bound confine limit restrict throttle trammel

sample sentences

"restrict the use of this parking lot"
"limit the time you can spend with your friends"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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Somebody ----s something PP

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limitation limiter limit limitation limitation limitation

lexical pointers

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restrictive restriction restriction

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lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

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reduce, tighten tie gate draw the line, draw a line mark off, mark out hamper, halter, cramp, strangle tighten, tighten up, stiffen, constrain clamp down, crack down demarcate, delimit, delimitate restrain, encumber, cumber scant, skimp

form the boundary of; be contiguous to
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

border bound

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lexical pointers

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bound boundary bound boundary

lexical pointers

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border border border

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semantic pointers

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skirt verge shore

hypernym

enclose, hold in, confine

spring back; spring away from an impact
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

bounce bound rebound recoil resile reverberate ricochet spring take a hop

sample sentences

"The rubber ball bounced"
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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lexical pointers

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resilient resiliency

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hyponym

kick back, recoil, kick skip, bound off carom

hypernym

leap, jump, spring, bound