Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Confined to one's home, as by illness.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Confined to the house, as with sickness; ‘shut in.’
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective confined to the home, usually due to illness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Restricted to one's home, as by physical
infirmity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective confined usually by illness
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Examples
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Are calling my housebound octogenarian mum odious?
Cucumber Sandwich. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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I think it's something that happens more and more as people get older, as people become "housebound," suffer injuries, debilitating illness, etc.
I am alone, I am afraid, I am the pain bringer Elizabeth McClung 2009
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"If I hadn't got so kind of housebound," she added with touching frankness, "I'd just as soon go over with you an 'offer to watch this night."
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"If I hadn't got so kind of housebound," she added with touching frankness, "I'd just as soon go over with you an 'offer to watch this night."
A Country Doctor and Selected Stories and Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879
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Some of the participants lived in retirement homes and may have led full lives without needing to leave the buildings where they live; however, they were still counted as being housebound.
Study: Being 'housebound' linked to Alzheimer's in elderly 2011
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Some of the participants lived in retirement homes and may have led full lives without needing to leave the buildings where they live; however, they were still counted as being housebound.
Study: Being 'housebound' linked to Alzheimer's in elderly 2011
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Shaich and his family have volunteered in soup kitchens and bread lines, and delivered groceries to the housebound.
Marc Stoiber: How Do You Innovate Dignity? Marc Stoiber 2011
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Temporarily housebound and recovering from a auto accident, Piven invited Olson to her New York apartment.
Peter Dreier: Glenn Beck's Attacks on Frances Fox Piven Trigger Death Threats Peter Dreier 2011
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Shaich and his family have volunteered in soup kitchens and bread lines, and delivered groceries to the housebound.
Marc Stoiber: How Do You Innovate Dignity? Marc Stoiber 2011
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Shaich and his family have volunteered in soup kitchens and bread lines, and delivered groceries to the housebound.
Marc Stoiber: How Do You Innovate Dignity? Marc Stoiber 2011
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