📖 B — The English dictionary · page 41

bounce — Everyday, meaning 1: To bounce means to hit a surface and spring back up or away, like a ball hitting the floor.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To bounce also means to jump up and down again and again, like on a trampoline.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A bounce is one spring back up, or the springy quality of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In computers, an email bounces when it comes back because it could not be delivered.↗ Example: The ball bounced off the wall and hit the window.↗ · The kids bounced on the trampoline all afternoon.↗ · She bounced the basketball three times before shooting.↗ · A tennis ball bounces higher than a ball of clay.↗ · Tom was bouncing with excitement before the party.↗ · Light bounces off a mirror.↗ · The team bounced back after losing the first game.↗ · Each bounce was a bit lower than the one before.↗ · I am weeping for my golden ball which bounced away from me into the water."↗

bouncer — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is to stand at the door of a club or bar, check who comes in and remove people who cause trouble.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (cricket) A fast ball bowled so that it bounces high, near the batter's head.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Something that bounces, like a baby bouncer (a seat or swing that bounces a baby).↗ Example: The bouncer would not let the boys into the club.↗ · The bowler sent down a fast bouncer.↗ · My baby sister loves her bouncer.↗ · The bouncer checked everyone's ID.↗ · The batter ducked under the bouncer.↗

bouncy — Everyday, meaning 1: Bouncy describes something that bounces well, like a ball or a trampoline.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Bouncy describes a person or animal who is lively, cheerful and full of energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Bouncy hair is full and springy.↗ Example: We jumped on the bouncy castle at the fair.↗ · This rubber ball is really bouncy.↗ · The puppy is bouncy and happy.↗ · Which ball is the bounciest?↗ Let's measure.↗ · The car ride was bouncy on the bumpy road.↗ · She was in a bouncy mood after winning.↗

bound — Everyday, meaning 1: Certain to happen: if something is bound to happen, it will almost surely happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Tied up with rope or string so it cannot move.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Going towards a place: a train bound for Leeds is travelling to Leeds.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To bound is to jump or run with big springy leaps.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A bound is one big jump.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Bounds are the edges or limits of an area; «out of bounds» means a place you are not allowed to go.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (formal) Obliged by a rule, law or promise: «bound by the rules».↗ Everyday, meaning 8: Of a book: having covers fastened on.↗ Example: It was bound to rain on sports day.↗ · The dog bounded across the park to meet us.↗ · The kidnapped prince was bound with ropes.↗ · This bus is bound for the city centre.↗ · The kangaroo cleared the fence in a single bound.↗ · The old quarry is out of bounds to all pupils.↗ · Your reading has improved by leaps and bounds.↗ · Members are bound by the club rules.↗ · The answer lies between a lower bound of 10 and an upper bound of 20.↗ · With one bound, he leaped aboard.↗ · And every open vessel, which hath no covering close-bound upon it, is unclean.↗ (Torah NUM.19.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, (Torah NUM.30.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.↗ (Torah EXO.12.34, JPS 1917)↗ · Who hath bound the waters in his garment?↗ (Writings PRO.30.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; (Writings JOB.36.8, JPS 1917)↗ · The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid up in store.↗ (Prophets HOS.13.12, JPS 1917)↗

boundary — Everyday, meaning 1: A boundary is a line that marks the edge of an area, like a field, a country or a garden.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In cricket, the boundary is the edge of the field; hitting the ball over or to it scores 4 or 6 runs.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Boundaries are limits on what is OK to do, like personal boundaries.↗ Example: The river is the boundary between the two towns.↗ · Stay inside the playground boundary.↗ · He hit a boundary for four runs.↗ · The perimeter is the length of the boundary of a shape.↗ · It's okay to set boundaries with friends.↗ · The fence marks the boundary of our garden.↗ · She scored 3 fours and 2 sixes, so 24 runs in boundaries.↗ · The kids pushed the boundaries by staying up late.↗ · Storks and pelicans flew after him in feathery bands, to accompany him to the boundaries of the garden.↗ · 9) In God is the beginning and he is the boundary of the Universe.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · They grew wider and wider to all eternity, and these are the boundaries of the world.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.↗ (Writings JOB.26.10, JPS 1917)↗

boundless — Everyday, meaning 1: Boundless means with no limit or edge; it goes on without end.↗ Example: Her joy was boundless.↗ · The sheep made a boundless flock.↗ · We have boundless energy.↗

bounds — Everyday, meaning 1: Limits or borders of an area or of what is allowed: within the bounds of the park.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Out of bounds: a place you are not allowed to go, or (in sport) outside the playing area.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: By leaps and bounds: very quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) Jumps or runs with big leaps: the dog bounds across the field.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (maths) Upper and lower bounds: the largest and smallest values a rounded number could have been.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: If joy or another feeling knows no bounds, it is so great that it has no limit.↗ Example: The staff room is out of bounds to pupils.↗ · The ball went out of bounds.↗ · Her reading has improved in leaps and bounds.↗ · The puppy bounds up the stairs.↗ · Stay within the bounds of the playground.↗ · A length of 7 cm to the nearest cm has a lower bound of 6.5 cm and an upper bound of 7.5 cm.↗ · His excitement knew no bounds.↗ · The joy of the king knew no bounds.↗ · And Moses said unto the LORD: 'The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou didst charge us, saying: Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.'↗ (Torah EXO.19.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying: Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it; whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death; (Torah EXO.19.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Three Fathers and their generations, Seven conquerors and their armies, and Twelve bounds of the Universe.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.↗ (Writings PSA.78.41, JPS 1917)↗ · Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood.↗ (Prophets HOS.4.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; (Writings JOB.14.5, JPS 1917)↗

bounteous — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Giving very freely and generously, plentiful.↗ Example: A bounteous rain didst Thou pour down, O God; when Thine inheritance was weary, Thou didst confirm it.↗ (Writings PSA.68.10, JPS 1917)↗

bountiful — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Giving freely and generously, or plentiful.↗ Example: How can I repay unto the LORD all His bountiful dealings toward me?↗ (Writings PSA.116.12, JPS 1917)↗ · He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.↗ (Writings PRO.22.9, JPS 1917)↗

bountifully — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In a generous, plentiful way.↗ Example: I will sing unto the LORD, because He hath dealt bountifully with me.↗ (Writings PSA.13.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Return, O my soul, unto Thy rest; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.↗ (Writings PSA.116.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Deal bountifully with Thy servant that I may live, and I will observe Thy word.↗ (Writings PSA.119.17, JPS 1917)↗

bounty — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Generous giving, or a gift given freely and in plenty.↗ Example: And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty.↗ (Prophets 1KI.10.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And they gave them drink in vessels of gold — the vessels being diverse one from another — and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.↗ (Writings EST.1.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.↗ (Writings EST.2.18, JPS 1917)↗

bouquet — Everyday, meaning 1: A bouquet is a bunch of flowers picked and tied together, often given as a gift or carried at a wedding.↗ Example: She carried a bouquet of roses.↗ · Have you got my bouquet?↗ · He gave her a bouquet on her birthday.↗ · The bride's bouquet was white.↗

bourgeois — Everyday, meaning 1: Belonging to the middle class, people who have comfortable jobs, homes and money.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, often unkind) Too interested in owning things, being respectable and following ordinary middle-class tastes.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In history (especially Karl Marx's ideas), the bourgeoisie are the people who own factories and businesses.↗ Example: The bourgeois family lived in a big house in Paris.↗ · In the story, the bourgeois merchant cared only about money.↗ · Dad joked that eating olives was very bourgeois.↗ · The bourgeoisie gained power after the French Revolution.↗ · Karl Marx wrote about workers and the bourgeoisie.↗ · She said the fancy coffee shop was too bourgeois for her.↗

bout — Everyday, meaning 1: A short period of illness or a strong feeling: a bout of flu, a bout of laughter.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A short time of doing something hard: a bout of exercise.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A boxing or wrestling match.↗ Example: I had a bout of flu last week.↗ · A bout of giggles stopped the lesson.↗ · The boxing bout lasted three rounds.↗ · She had a coughing bout during the play.↗ · After a short bout of rain, the sun came out.↗ · The wrestlers shook hands after the bout.↗

bow — Everyday, meaning 1: A bow (rhymes with «go») is a knot with two loops made from ribbon or laces.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A bow (rhymes with «go») is also a bent stick with a string for shooting arrows, or a stick with hairs for playing the violin.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To bow (rhymes with «cow») is to bend your head or body forward to say thank you or show respect.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The bow (rhymes with «cow») is the front part of a ship.↗ Example: Each bow needs 2 feet of ribbon.↗ · She made 6 bows.↗ · How many bows from 15 feet of ribbon?↗ · The actors bow at the end.↗ · Can you tie your shoelaces in a bow?↗ · Robin Hood was great with a bow and arrow.↗ · The violinist moved her bow across the strings.↗ · Waves crashed over the bow of the ship.↗ · The arrow sprang from the bow!↗ · And Israel bowed down upon the bed's head.↗ (Torah GEN.47.31, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.↗ (Torah GEN.23.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee.↗ (Torah GEN.27.29, JPS 1917)↗ · And Bath-sheba bowed, and prostrated herself unto the king.↗ (Prophets 1KI.1.16, JPS 1917)↗ · But Mordecai bowed not down, nor prostrated himself before him.↗ (Writings EST.3.2, JPS 1917)↗ · and said — To teach the sons of Judah the bow.↗ (Prophets 2SA.1.18, JPS 1917)↗

bowel — Everyday, meaning 1: The long tube in the body below the stomach, also called the intestines, where food is digested and waste is formed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (bowels) The inside of the body's gut.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The bowels of something: the deepest inside part: the bowels of the earth, the bowels of the ship.↗ Example: Food passes from the stomach into the bowel.↗ · The doctor asked if his bowels were working normally.↗ · Fibre helps keep your bowels healthy.↗ · The engine room was deep in the bowels of the ship.↗ · The miners went down into the bowels of the earth.↗ · The large bowel absorbs water from waste.↗ · Fifty doors flew open before him, and at length he reached a long flight of steps which seemed to lead into the bowels of the earth.↗ · and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say: 'Amen, Amen.'↗ (Torah NUM.5.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.'↗ (Torah GEN.15.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.↗ (Torah GEN.25.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.↗ (Writings 2CH.21.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Yet his food in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.↗ (Writings JOB.20.14, JPS 1917)↗ · and twenty bowels of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.↗ (Writings EZR.8.27, JPS 1917)↗