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bound up

bound up adjective: connected or relevant. Also the simple past and past participle of bind up.

Adjective

bound up (comparative more bound up, superlative most bound up)

  1. Connected or relevant.
    • Social mobility is often closely bound up with socioeconomic status.
  2. Focused intently on something to the exclusion of other matters.
    • He was so bound up in his reading all weekend that he forgot to do the chores.

Also used as

bound up is also the simple past and past participle of bind up.

Forms of bound up

comparativemore bound up
superlativemost bound up

Questions about bound up

What does bound up mean?
Bound up means connected or relevant.
What part of speech is bound up?
Bound up is an adjective.

Words near bound up in the dictionary

  1. bound property
  2. bound state
  3. bound states
  4. bound termineme
  5. bound to
  6. bound up
  7. bound variable
  8. bound variables
  9. bound water
  10. bound waters
  11. boundable

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