Definitions
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.
- n. the greatest possible extent or degree of something.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
Examples
“Across halfcourt and in bounds is what Mike tells him.”
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“The first and second of these receive appeals from the county courts, and also have original jurisdiction, where the subject of controversy is of the value of ten pounds sterling, or where it concerns the title bounds or lands.”
“With such beings, therefore, I always am -- as much as my nature will allow me to be -- upon my guard; I keep within what they call the bounds of politeness -- their dear politeness!”
“The Fatal Nature of Life I like the title bounds throughout history chronicling the misadventures of a pathetic loser who, through nearly every fault of his own, just can’t get things right.”
“Yeah, it's beyond the bounds when it is the leader of your party but when it is the other guy it is ok and within bounds of their freedom of speech.”
“Dragging both feet in bounds, holding the ball up with one hand, curly mane flowing in the breeze -- it truly was a thing of beauty.”
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“Big O i feel that your comments were in bounds, when dealing wit a bull you have to get him by the horns.”
“Weve no barbed wire compound at all here; and, within bounds, can wander about the environs pretty freely.”
“Worst Slide: Donovan McNabb's fourth-quarter third-down scramble was huge, but he's got to go down in bounds to keep the clock running.”
“Therefore, the Christian God and biblical Christianity are ruled out of bounds from the start by the so-called objective materialistic scientist, even before the investigation of reality begins.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bounds’.
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Thresholds
we are all just passing through.
(boundaries, portals and liminal spaces/times)cockcrow, interface, thin line, portal, postern, littoral, interstice, port, membrane, skin, crepuscule, dawn and 304 more...
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Writing
immunity, reaching, affinity, divinity, ingenuity, linguistics, pictures, kaleidoscopes, statistics, hope, monolith, mist and 222 more...
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to acquire
moustache, thoughtcrime, lift, overall, razor, strength, oily, gin, oily gin, brotherhood, dull, toward and 108 more...
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