English words for 'Fate, destiny.'
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noun
noun
- Destiny or fate.
- previous determination as if by destiny or fate
- (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
- (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
- (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
- (by extension) Any time or event at which responsibility will be assigned.
- (religion) The final and eternal judgment by God of all nations; Final Judgment.
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- Death.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
verb
phrase
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
- Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
- (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, sometimes capitalized) Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
- Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.
- The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
adj
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
- Destruction of Earth.
- Synonym of ends of the earth (faraway place)
- Death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
- (idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
noun
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- (biochemistry) The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.
- (embryology) The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
verb
noun
- One's fate; lot.
- The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- A wife's fortune; a dowry.
- That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
- An allocated amount.
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
verb
adj
noun
noun
- One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
- The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
- That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
noun
- An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.
- (ecology) An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.
- The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
- An official visit to inspect or examine something.
- An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.
- A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
- (law) The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
- any disaster or catastrophe
- an official visit for inspection or supervision
noun
- A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
- (uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
- (Internet) A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine their destiny in their next incarnation
noun
- The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
- Allotment; lottery.
- A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- That which happens without human design or forethought.
- (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
- A prize in a lottery.
- Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
- (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
- (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
- any collection in its entirety
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
noun
noun
noun
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
- Good luck.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- A large amount of money.
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
verb
name
- Divine care or direction, the will of God or the gods; the grace of God; fate or fortune.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
- A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
- An unincorporated community in Trimble County, Kentucky.
- A city in Providence County, Rhode Island, the state capital and largest city.
- An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
- A city in Webster County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas.
- A community in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.
- An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in McDowell County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
- A city in Cache County, Utah.
- An unincorporated community in Simpson County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
- A town in Marengo County, Alabama.
- A village in Apatou commune, French Guiana department.
- A township and ghost town in Lucas County, Ohio.
- A number of other townships, in Iowa (2), North Carolina, and Pennsylvania (4), listed under Providence Township.
- An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.
- A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.
- A town in Saratoga County, New York.
adj
noun
noun
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
- (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- (colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
- (uncountable) Aircraft turbulence.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- A licence or passport that has been sealed.
- (MLE, slang) A knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.
- A complete shipment.
- (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
- (Internet) An IRC channel operator.
- (UK, slang) Cocaine.
- (colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- a grounder that bounces high in the air
- a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
- the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- a jaw
- a small cut of meat including part of a rib
verb
- (informal) To fly a helicopter or be flown in a helicopter.
- (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- (slang, transitive) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
- (transitive, figurative) To separate or divide.
- (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- (slang, transitive) To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine.
- (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.
- (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
- (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- To chap or crack.
- To seal a licence or passport.
- (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
- (transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
- (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- cut into pieces with repeated blows
- hit sharply
- cut with a hacking tool
- strike sharply, as in some sports
- move suddenly
- form or shape by chopping
adj
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- bound by an oath
- confined in the bowels
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- bound by contract
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
noun
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- simple past and past participle of bind
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
adj
- presaging ill fortune
- resulting in suffering or adversity
- distressing
- affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
- indicating hostility or enmity
- (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
- (Appalachia) Bad-tempered.
- (slang, chiefly hip-hop) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
- Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.
- Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
- Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
- Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.
noun
adv
noun
- (figurative) The degree to which fate has become known.
- The degree to which a space is full.
- Being full; completeness.
- (bodybuilding): A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.
- the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
- completeness over a broad scope
- the condition of being filled to capacity
- greatness of volume
noun
- The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
- (sports) A minor-league prospect.
- (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
- Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- (finance) Alternative form of futures.
- (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
- The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
- bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
- the time yet to come
adj
noun
noun
- Destiny or fate.
- previous determination as if by destiny or fate
- (Calvinism, specifically) The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation.
- (theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate.
- (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
- (by extension) Any time or event at which responsibility will be assigned.
- (religion) The final and eternal judgment by God of all nations; Final Judgment.
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- Death.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
verb
phrase
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
- Any day of great death and destruction; end of the world; an apocalypse.
- (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, sometimes capitalized) Judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
- Any of the memorable dates used in the doomsday rule for computing weekdays from dates.
- The day when God is expected to judge the world; the end times.
adj
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives
- Destruction of Earth.
- Synonym of ends of the earth (faraway place)
- Death and destruction of life on Earth, especially human.
- (idiomatic) Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
noun
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- (biochemistry) The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.
- (embryology) The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
verb
noun
- One's fate; lot.
- The part of an estate given or falling to a child or heir; an inheritance.
- A wife's fortune; a dowry.
- That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.
- An allocated amount.
- the allotment of some amount by dividing something
- assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- something less than the whole of a human artifact
- an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
verb
noun
- One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
- The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
- That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
noun
- An affliction or disaster attributed to destiny, or to God.
- (ecology) An unusual and extensive irruption of a species of animals into another region.
- The act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
- An official visit to inspect or examine something.
- An encounter with aliens or supernatural beings such as ghosts.
- A punishment or blessing ordained by God.
- (law) The right of a separated or divorced parent to visit a child; access.
- an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event
- any disaster or catastrophe
- an official visit for inspection or supervision
noun
- A force or law of nature which causes one to reap what one sows; destiny; fate.
- (uncommon) A distinctive feeling, aura, or atmosphere.
- (Internet) A score assigned to a user or post on some discussion forums, indicating popularity or perceived value.
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Jainism) The sum total of a person's actions, which determine the person's next incarnation in samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth.
- (Hinduism and Buddhism) the effects of a person's actions that determine their destiny in their next incarnation
noun
- The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
- Allotment; lottery.
- A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- That which happens without human design or forethought.
- (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
- A prize in a lottery.
- Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
- (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
- (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
- any collection in its entirety
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
noun
noun
noun
- Destiny, especially favorable.
- One's wealth; the amount of money one has, especially if it is vast.
- Good luck.
- A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
- The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
- A large amount of money.
- A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
verb
noun
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- (chiefly in the plural) A jaw of an animal.
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar implement.
- (poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- (informal, with "the") Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- (colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
- (uncountable) Aircraft turbulence.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- A licence or passport that has been sealed.
- (MLE, slang) A knife, especially one used as a weapon.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A woodchopping competition.
- A complete shipment.
- (martial arts) A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
- (Internet) An IRC channel operator.
- (UK, slang) Cocaine.
- (colloquial, by extension, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- a grounder that bounces high in the air
- a tennis return made with a downward motion that puts backspin on the ball
- the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)
- a jaw
- a small cut of meat including part of a rib
verb
- (informal) To fly a helicopter or be flown in a helicopter.
- (intransitive) To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- (slang, transitive) To have sex with.
- (intransitive) To interrupt; with in or out.
- (transitive, figurative) To separate or divide.
- (transitive) To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- (slang, transitive) To manipulate or separate out a line of cocaine.
- (poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- (transitive, Hong Kong) To stab.
- (computing, transitive, Perl) To remove the final character from (a text string).
- (transitive, baseball) To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- To chap or crack.
- To seal a licence or passport.
- (transitive) to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- (transitive) To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- (nautical) To vary or shift suddenly.
- (transitive, colloquial, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei) To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
- (intransitive) To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- cut into pieces with repeated blows
- hit sharply
- cut with a hacking tool
- strike sharply, as in some sports
- move suddenly
- form or shape by chopping
noun
- (figurative) The degree to which fate has become known.
- The degree to which a space is full.
- Being full; completeness.
- (bodybuilding): A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.
- the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
- completeness over a broad scope
- the condition of being filled to capacity
- greatness of volume
noun
- The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.
- (sports) A minor-league prospect.
- (grammar) Verb tense used to talk about events that will happen in the future; future tense.
- Something that will happen in moments yet to come.
- (finance) Alternative form of futures.
- (computing, programming) An object that retrieves the value of a promise.
- The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
- Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future
- bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date
- the time yet to come
adj
noun
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- Death.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
verb
phrase
adj
noun
adj
noun
adj
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- bound by an oath
- confined in the bowels
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
- bound by contract
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- confined by bonds
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
noun
- the greatest possible degree of something
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- a line determining the limits of an area
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- spring back; spring away from an impact
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- simple past and past participle of bind
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
adj
- presaging ill fortune
- resulting in suffering or adversity
- distressing
- affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
- indicating hostility or enmity
- (slang) Extremely bad (bad enough to make one ill). Generally used indirectly with to be.
- (Appalachia) Bad-tempered.
- (slang, chiefly hip-hop) Sublime, with the connotation of being so in a singularly creative way.
- Nauseated; having an urge to vomit.
- Unpropitious, unkind, faulty, not up to reasonable standard.
- Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
- Unwell in terms of health or physical condition; sick.