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Bound
- verb - (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
- bound by an oath; "a bound official"
- bound by contract
- cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you"
- confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
- confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly"
- covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"
- create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
- fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair"
- form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the o
Found
- verb - accept and make use of one's personality, abilities, and situation; "My son went to Berkeley to find himself"
- come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds; "I feel that he doesn't like me"; "I find him to be obnoxious"; "I found the movie rather entertaining"
- come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost; "Did you find your glasses?"; "I cannot find my gloves!"
- come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"
- come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
- decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
- discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "
- establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study; "find
Hound
- noun - any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
- pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
- someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"
Mound
- noun - (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
- a collection of objects laid on top of each other
- a small natural hill
- form into a rounded elevation; "mound earth"
- structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"
- the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound"
Pound
- noun - 16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
- a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
- a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
- a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
- a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
- break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
- formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
- hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
- move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
- move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
- partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal"
Round
- adjective - (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand; "in round numbers"
- (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order); "the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning"; "the postman's rounds"; "we enjoyed our round of the local bars"
- (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
- a partsong in which voices follow each other; one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time; "they enjoyed singing rounds"
- a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name"
- a serv
Sound
- adjective - (of sleep) deep and complete; "a heavy sleep"; "fell into a profound sleep"; "a sound sleeper"; "deep wakeless sleep"
- (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
- a large ocean inlet or deep bay; "the main body of the sound ran parallel to the coast"
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- announce by means of a sound; "sound the alarm"
- appear in a certain way; "This sounds interesting"
- cause to sound; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note"
- exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"
- financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
Wound
- verb -
- a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
- a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost
- an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
- arrange or or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"; "She wrapped her arms around the child"
- catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the drugs"
- cause injuries or bodily harm to
- coil the spring of (some mechanical device) by turning a stem; "wind your watch"
- form into a wreath
- hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
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