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Hidebound — (Icelandic: Þröng Sýn ) is a 2005 film that tells of Aron, a young man who is concerned about communications and the human situation in today’s society. He decides to conduct an experiment and observes the reactions of other people to it. Through … Wikipedia
Hidebound — Hide bound , a. 1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; said of an animal. [1913 Webster] 2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; said of trees.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hidebound — index illiberal, parochial, rigid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hidebound — 1550s, from HIDE (Cf. hide) (n.1) + past tense of BIND (Cf. bind) (v.). Original reference is to emaciated cattle with skin sticking closely to backbones and ribs; metaphoric sense of restricted by narrow attitudes is first recorded c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
hidebound — *illiberal, narrow minded, narrow, intolerant, bigoted Analogous words: restricted, circumscribed, limited (see LIMIT vb) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
hidebound — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ constrained by tradition or convention; narrow minded. ORIGIN originally referring to malnourished cattle, later to emaciated human beings, hence the sense «narrow in outlook»: from HIDE(Cf. ↑hider) + BOUND(Cf. ↑bound) … English terms dictionary
hidebound — [hīd′bound΄] adj. 1. having the hide tight over the bone and muscle structure of the body, as an emaciated cow 2. obstinately conservative and narrow minded … English World dictionary
hidebound — [[t]ha͟ɪdbaʊnd[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ by n (disapproval) If you describe someone or something as hidebound, you are criticizing them for having old fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change. The men are… … English dictionary
hidebound — hideboundness, n. /huyd bownd /, adj. 1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant. 2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative: a hidebound philosopher. 3. (of a horse, cow, etc.) having the back and ribs … Universalium
hidebound — adjective /ˈhaɪd.baʊnd/ a) Bound with the hide of an animal. Open the box in which his large hidebound book is kept. The faint smell of manure, over 150 years old, still rises from thick yellowing pages, and you begin to live his life. b) Having… … Wiktionary
hidebound — hide|bound [ˈhaıdbaund] adj having old fashioned attitudes and ideas used to show disapproval ▪ hidebound reactionaries … Dictionary of contemporary English
