- to tie; to bind; to fasten
- to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; transitive verb
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In a time-bound society time is seen as linear- in other words as a straight line extending from the past, through the present, to the future.
I wish I could live at a more relaxed pace, instead of having to watch the clock all the time.
And since she refused to accept it, she had been living in extreme discomfort, exclaiming: "Why should we spend all the capital we are ever likely to have tying ourselves down to a place we detest!"