| CASEBOUND | • casebound adj. (Of a book) hardcover (attributive). • CASEBOUND adj. of a book, bound in stiff covers. |
| CROPBOUND | • cropbound adj. Having the crop (pouch-like part of the alimentary tract) clogged up, as by overfeeding. • CROPBOUND adj. of birds, suffering from impaction of the crop. |
| DESKBOUND | • deskbound adj. (Of an employee) Whose work confines him or her to a desk. • DESKBOUND adj. confined to a desk (e.g. of someone doing paperwork and administration rather than active or practical work). |
| DOWNBOUND | • downbound adj. Moving in a direction that is considered down, such as downstream or to a lower level. • downbound adv. Moving down. • DOWNBOUND adj. of e.g. a train, heading in a southerly directio. |
| EASTBOUND | • eastbound adj. Moving or heading towards the east. • eastbound adv. Toward the east. • EASTBOUND adj. bound for the east; travelling east. |
| HARDBOUND | • hardbound adj. (Of a book) Having a hardcover; hardback. • HARDBOUND adj. bound in hard covers. • HARDBOUND n. a book bound in hard covers. |
| HIDEBOUND | • hidebound adj. Bound with the hide of an animal. • hidebound adj. (Of a domestic animal) Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily… • hidebound adj. (Of trees) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth. |
| HOMEBOUND | • homebound adj. Confined to one’s home, unable to leave it for some reason. • homebound adj. Heading homeward, homeward bound. • HOMEBOUND adj. stuck at home. |
| HOOFBOUND | • hoofbound n. (Dated) Deformative contraction and dryness of the back part of the hoof of a horse. • hoofbound adj. (Dated) Of a horse: exhibiting deformative contraction and dryness of the back part of the hoof. • HOOFBOUND adj. of a horse, having dry contracted hooves, with resultant pain and lameness. |
| IRONBOUND | • ironbound adj. Bound with iron, ironclad. • ironbound adj. (Figurative) Rugged. • ironbound adj. (Figurative) Rigid, unyielding. |
| OVERBOUND | • overbound v. Simple past tense and past participle of overbind. • overbound v. (Transitive, archaic) To leap over. • overbound v. (Mathematics) To provide an upper bound to. |
| ROCKBOUND | • rockbound adj. Surrounded by rocks. • rockbound adj. (CB radio slang) Limited in frequency because of a limited supply of crystals. • ROCKBOUND adj. hemmed in by rock, rocky. |
| ROOTBOUND | • rootbound adj. (Of a potted plant) Having outgrown its pot, so that the roots are cramped and tangled. • root-bound adj. Alternative form of rootbound. • ROOTBOUND adj. rooted to the ground; potbound. |
| SNOWBOUND | • snowbound adj. Unable to move, because of heavy snow. • SNOWBOUND adj. shut in or prevented from travelling by snow. |
| SOFTBOUND | • softbound adj. (Of a book) With a cover of flexible paper rather than a rigid cardboard cover. • SOFTBOUND adj. bound in soft covers. • SOFTBOUND n. a book bound in soft covers. |
| WESTBOUND | • westbound adv. Towards the west; in a westerly direction. • westbound adj. Which is, or will be, moving towards the west. • WESTBOUND adj. heading in a westerly direction. |
| WINDBOUND | • windbound adj. (Nautical) Unable to sail because of high winds, or of onshore winds. • WINDBOUND adj. hindered from sailing by contrary winds. |
| WORDBOUND | • word-bound adj. Unable to find expression in words: thwarted in wordfinding. • WORDBOUND adj. unable to find expression in words. |