Bound vs Combine - What's the difference?

As a verb bound

is (bind) or bound can be to surround a territory or other geographical entity or bound can be to leap, move by jumping.

As an adjective bound

is (with infinitive) obliged (to) or bound can be (obsolete) ready, prepared.

As a noun bound

is (often|used in plural) a boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory or bound can be a sizeable jump, great leap.

As a proper noun combine is

(colloquial) london underground.

bound

English

Alternative forms

* bownd (archaic)

Etymology 1

See bind

Verb

(head)

(bind)

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''I bound the splint to my leg.

''I had bound the splint with duct tape.

Adjective

(-)

(with infinitive) Obliged (to).

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(with infinitive) Very likely (to).

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(linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.

(mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.

(dated) constipated; costive

Antonyms

* free

Derived terms

* bound to * I'll be bound

Etymology 2

From (etyl) bounde, from (etyl) bunne, from

Noun

(en noun)

(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.

Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.

(mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values

Derived terms

* boundary * boundless * harmonic bounding * least upper bound * lower bound * metes and bounds * out of bounds * upper bound * within bounds

Verb

(en verb)

To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

''France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.

''Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.

(mathematics) To be the boundary of.

Derived terms

* unbound * unbounded

Etymology 3

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

A sizeable jump, great leap.

''The deer crossed the stream in a single bound .

A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

(dated) A bounce; a rebound.

the bound of a ball

(Johnson)

Derived terms

* by leaps and bounds

Verb

(en verb)

To leap, move by jumping.

''The rabbit bounded down the lane.

To cause to leap.

to bound a horse

(Shakespeare)

(dated) To rebound; to bounce.

a rubber ball bounds on the floor

(dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

to bound a ball on the floor

Derived terms

* rebound

Etymology 4

Alteration of boun , with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1, above.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) ready, prepared.

ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

''Which way are you bound ?

''Is that message bound for me?

Derived terms

* -bound * bound for

Statistics

* English contranyms English irregular past participles English irregular simple past forms English terms with multiple etymologies

combine

English

Verb

(combin)

To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.

* (John Dryden)

You with your foes combine , / And seem your own destruction to design.

* Sir (Walter Scott)

So sweet did harp and voice combine .

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, volume=100, issue=2, page=87, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= The British Longitude Act Reconsidered , passage=Conditions were horrendous aboard most British naval vessels at the time. Scurvy and other diseases ran rampant, killing more seamen each year than all other causes combined , including combat.}}

To have two or more things or properties that function together.

Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.

To come together; to unite.

two substances that easily combine

(card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.

(obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

* (William Shakespeare)

I am combined by a sacred vow.

Derived terms

* combination * combinable * combinatory * combined * recombine

Synonyms

* fuse * merge * unite

Antonyms

* divide * separate * disunite

Noun

(en noun)

A combine harvester

We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.

A combination

# Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.

The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.

# An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former .