adj
Meaning 1
Bound with the hide of an animal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hidebound
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈhaɪd.baʊnd/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 D B AW2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; emaciated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Niggardly; penurious; stingy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- 1644-1646, Francis Quarles, Boanerges and Barnabas hath my purse been hidebound to my hungry brother?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
stubbornly conservative and narrow-minded
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: traditionalist
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From hide (“animal skin”, noun) + bound (“tied”, adjective).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Irish: cruachraicneach — bound with the hide of an animal
- Bulgarian: мършав (mǎršav) — of an animal, having skin adhering closely to the ribs and back
- Norwegian Bokmål: trangskinnet — of an animal, having skin adhering closely to the ribs and back
- Bulgarian: ограничен (ograničen) — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Bulgarian: тесногръд (tesnogrǎd) — stubborn, narrow-minded
- German: borniert — stubborn, narrow-minded
- German: engstirnig — stubborn, narrow-minded
- German: engherzig — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Hungarian: csökönyös — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Hungarian: maradi — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Hungarian: vaskalapos — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Hungarian: begyepesedett — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Irish: cúngintinneach — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Irish: stóinsithe — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Irish: stalcánta — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Norwegian Bokmål: forstokket — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Norwegian Bokmål: fordomsfull — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Portuguese: cabeça dura — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Portuguese: intransigente — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Portuguese: austero — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Russian: замше́лый (zamšélyj) — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Russian: махровый (maxrovyj) — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Russian: фанатичный (fanatičnyj) — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Russian: косный (kosnyj) — stubborn, narrow-minded
- Turkish: dar kafalı — stubborn, narrow-minded