Bound
Bound verb - To mark the limits of.
Keep
Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
How words are described
| good | good bound | good keep |
| normal | normal bound | normal keep |
| single | single bound | single keep |
| small | small bound | small keep |
| Other adjectives: powerful, big, remaining. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Then all he has to do is keep Conrad out of trouble long enough to get him into the Army and out of his hair and the money is bound to start rolling in.
Source: Theatre / Bye Bye Birdie -
In their second battle Ghirahim appears again to tell Link that the reason they keep bumping into each other is because they are bound by a red thread of fate.
Source: Foe Yay / Video Games -
By luck (depending on your P.O.V.), Pete won and now was bound to keep fighting until someone defeats him.
Source: Pro Wrestling Episode
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Keep and Bound. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bound/keep
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