Bound and Dressed

Bound

Bound adjective - Fully committed to achieving a goal.

Dressed and bound are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dressed" instead an adjective "Bound".

Dressed

Dressed adjective - Dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination.

Bound and dressed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bound" instead an adjective "Dressed".

Nearby Words: dress, dressing, dressy, dresser

Both words in one sentence

  • Green Day's song about BDSM, titled "Blood, Sex, And Booze" opens with the line: waiting in a room/all dressed up and bound and gagged/to a chair...
  • Literature / Almost Night Dressed to Plunder: Alex got his spirit bound to a pirate ghost, and now talks like a pirate.
  • This is the one with the usually shaggy, muscle-bound and under-dressed appearance who's from the past/from a jungle/victim of a military experiment.
    Source: Wild Man
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