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Bound vs Hurdle - What's the difference?

bound | hurdle |

As verbs the difference between bound and hurdle

is that bound is (bind) or bound can be to surround a territory or other geographical entity or bound can be to leap, move by jumping while hurdle is to jump over something while running.

As nouns the difference between bound and hurdle

is that 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 while hurdle is an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.

As an adjective bound

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

bound

English

Alternative forms

* bownd (archaic)

Etymology 1

See bind

Verb

(head)
  • (bind)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound , on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck?; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]”}}
    ''I bound the splint to my leg.
    ''I had bound the splint with duct tape.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=5 citation , passage=Then I had a good think on the subject of the hocussing of Cigarette, and I was reluctantly bound to admit that once again the man in the corner had found the only possible solution to the mystery.}}
  • (with infinitive) Very likely (to).
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.}}
  • (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

    hurdle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race.
  • (senseid)A perceived obstacle.
  • A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
  • * 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 4, p. 414.
    • The practice of folding sheep was general, and the purchase of hurdles was a regular charge in the shepherd's account.
  • (UK, obsolete) A sled or crate on which criminals were formerly drawn to the place of execution.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (lb)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (hurdl)
  • To jump over something while running.
    • He hurdled the bench in his rush to get away.
  • To compete in the track and field events of hurdles (e.g. high hurdles).
  • To overcome an obstacle.
  • To hedge, cover, make, or enclose with hurdles.
    • (Milton)
  • (lb)

    • Anagrams

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