Bound
Bound verb - To mark the limits of.
Jail
Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.
How words are described
| normal | normal bound | normal jail |
| small | small bound | small jail |
| real | real bound | real jail |
| big | big bound | big jail |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The first time a strip of cloth is bound across his mouth to prevent his raucous singing while in jail, and he manages to work the gag out of his mouth and continue singing.
Source: Literature / Ships of Merior - The station was even sued by the prison bound ex-governor Rod Blagojevich for ads teasing him that he couldn't listen to the station from his Colorado jail cell, not remembering that they were also on the Internet.
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After the Dalton brothers escape from jail again, Joe decides that rather than head for the nearest town (where they are bound to be found and arrested by Lucky Luke sooner or later), they will hide out in the wilderness.
Source: Comic Book / Lucky Luke
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