Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. 
 closely or inseparably connected or associated with; 
- Example: "his career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise"2. 
 deeply devoted to; 
- Example: "bound up in her teaching"- Example: "is wrapped up in his family"[syn: bound up, wrapped up]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bound up
    adj 1: closely or inseparably connected or associated with; "his
           career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise"
    2: deeply devoted to; "bound up in her teaching"; "is wrapped up
       in his family" [syn: bound up, wrapped up]