bound form
noun
a linguistic form that never occurs by itself but always as part of some larger construction, as -ed in seated.Compare free form(def 2).
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Nearby words
- bouncy,
- bouncy castle,
- bound,
- bound and determined to,
- bound for,
- bound hand and foot,
- bound to, be,
- bound up in,
- bound variable,
- boundary
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