"earthbound" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more earthbound [comparative], most earthbound [superlative]
Etymology: earth + -bound Etymology templates: {{suf|en|earth|bound}} earth + -bound Head templates: {{en-adj}} earthbound (comparative more earthbound, superlative most earthbound)
  1. Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually. Translations (confined to the Earth): земен (zemen) (Bulgarian), 固定在地面上的 (Chinese Mandarin), földhöz kötött (Hungarian), nằm trên mặt đất (Vietnamese), nằm trên bề mặt trái đất (Vietnamese), bị giới hạn trên trái đất hoặc bề mặt trái đất (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-earthbound-en-adj-tPLoCN44 Disambiguation of 'confined to the Earth': 76 23 0
  2. (science fiction) Heading towards Earth. Categories (topical): Science fiction Categories (place): Earth Related terms (heading towards Earth): earthward [adverb] Translations (heading towards Earth): насочен към Земята (nasočen kǎm Zemjata) (Bulgarian), a föld felé tartó/közeledő/haladó/irányuló (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-earthbound-en-adj-H57Gbofd Disambiguation of Earth: 44 56 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -bound Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 50 28 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -bound: 19 59 22 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction Disambiguation of 'heading towards Earth': 17 83 0 Disambiguation of 'heading towards Earth': 17 83 0
  3. (figuratively) Unimaginative or mundane. Tags: figuratively Translations (unimaginative or mundane): прозаичен (prozaičen) (Bulgarian), светски (svetski) (Bulgarian), terre-à-terre (French), földhözragadt (Hungarian), thiếu tưởng tượng (Vietnamese), thiếu tinh tế (Vietnamese), bị ràng buộc bởi lợi ích trần thế (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-earthbound-en-adj-g6qa7dVZ Disambiguation of 'unimaginative or mundane': 1 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Earthbound, earth-bound

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "confined to the Earth",
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    {
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      "word": "насочен към Земята"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "heading towards Earth",
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