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Bound

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Noun

1. bound, boundary, edge

a line determining the limits of an area

2. bound, boundary, bounds

the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

3. bound, boundary, limit

the greatest possible degree of something

Example Sentences:
'what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior'
'to the limit of his ability'

4. bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring

a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

Verb

5. bound, jump, leap, spring

move forward by leaps and bounds

Example Sentences:
'The horse bounded across the meadow'
'The child leapt across the puddle'
'Can you jump over the fence?'

6. border, bound

form the boundary of; be contiguous to

7. bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

place limits on (extent or access)

Example Sentences:
'restrict the use of this parking lot'
'limit the time you can spend with your friends'

8. bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

spring back; spring away from an impact

Example Sentences:
'The rubber ball bounced'
'These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide'

Adjective

9. bound

confined by bonds

Example Sentences:
'bound and gagged hostages'

10. bound

held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

11. bound

secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form

Example Sentences:
'bound volumes'
'leather-bound volumes'

12. bound, destined

(usually followed by to') governed by fate

Example Sentences:
'bound to happen'
'an old house destined to be demolished'
'he is destined to be famous'

13. bandaged, bound

covered or wrapped with a bandage

Example Sentences:
'the bandaged wound on the back of his head'
'an injury bound in fresh gauze'

14. bound, destined

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in college-bound students'

Example Sentences:
'children bound for school'
'a flight destined for New York'

15. bound

bound by an oath

Example Sentences:
'a bound official'

16. apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured

bound by contract

17. bound

confined in the bowels

Example Sentences:
'he is bound in the belly'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bound

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verb
1.  the past tense and past participle of bind
adjective
2. 
in bonds or chains; tied with or as if with a rope
a bound prisoner
3. (in combination)
restricted; confined
housebound
fogbound
4. (postpositive; foll by an infinitive)
destined; sure; certain
it's bound to happen
5. (postpositive; often foll by by)
compelled or obliged to act, behave, or think in a particular way, as by duty, circumstance, or convention
6. 
(of a book) secured within a cover or binding
to deliver bound books
See also half-bound
7. (postpositive; foll by on) US
resolved; determined
bound on winning
8. linguistics
a. 
denoting a morpheme, such as the prefix non-, that occurs only as part of another word and not as a separate word in itself
Compare free (sense 21)
b. 
(in systemic grammar) denoting a clause that has a nonfinite predicator or that is introduced by a binder, and that occurs only together with a freestanding clause
Compare freestanding
9. logic
(of a variable) occurring within the scope of a quantifier that indicates the degree of generality of the open sentence in which the variable occurs: in (x) (Fx → bxy), x is bound and y is free
free (sense 22)
10.  bound up with
11.  I'll be bound
verb
1. 
to move forwards or make (one's way) by leaps or jumps
2. 
to bounce; spring away from an impact
noun
3. 
a jump upwards or forwards
4.  by leaps and bounds
5. 
a sudden pronounced sense of excitement
his heart gave a sudden bound when he saw her
6. 
a bounce, as of a ball
verb
1. (transitive)
to place restrictions on; limit
2. (when intr, foll by on)
to form a boundary of (an area of land or sea, political or administrative region, etc)
noun
3. mathematics
a. 
a number which is greater than all the members of a set of numbers (an upper bound), or less than all its members (a lower bound)
See also bounded (sense 1)
b. 
more generally, an element of an ordered set that has the same ordering relation to all the members of a given subset
c. 
whence, an estimate of the extent of some set
4.  bounds
adjective
a. (postpositive; often foll by for)
going or intending to go towards; on the way to
a ship bound for Jamaica
homeward bound
b. 
(in combination)
northbound traffic

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Bound

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verb intransitive
1. 
to move with a leap or series of leaps
2. 
to spring back from a surface after striking it, as a ball; bounce; rebound
verb transitive
3. 
to cause to bound or bounce
noun
4. 
a jump; leap
5. 
a springing back from a surface after striking it; bounce
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1.  pt. & pp. of
bind
adjective
2. 
confined by or as by binding; tied
3. 
closely connected or related
4. 
certain; sure; destined
bound to lose
5. 
under compulsion; obliged
legally bound to accept
6. 
constipated
7. 
provided with a binding or attached cover, as a book
8.  Informal
having one's mind made up; resolved
a team bound on winning
9.  Linguistics
designating a form, or morpheme, that never occurs alone as an independent word
in “singing,” -ing is a bound form, but sing is not
see also free (sense 26)
noun
1. 
a boundary; limit
2.  [pl.]
an area near, alongside, or enclosed by a boundary
verb transitive
3. 
to provide with bounds; limit; confine
4. 
to be a limit or boundary to
5.  US
to name the boundaries of (a state, etc.)
verb intransitive
6. 
to have a boundary (on another country, etc.)
adjective
1. 
ready to go or going; headed
often with for
bound for home
2.  Archaic
ready; prepared

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bound

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intr.v. bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds
1. To leap forward or upward; jump; spring: The dog bounded over the gate.
2. To move forward by leaps or springs: The deer bounded into the woods.
3. To spring back from a surface; rebound: The basketball bounded off the backboard.
n.
1. A leap; a jump: The deer was away in a single bound.
2. A springing back from a surface after hitting it; a bounce: caught the ball on the bound.
n.
1. often bounds A boundary; a limit: Our joy knew no bounds. Your remarks exceed the bounds of reason.
2. bounds The territory on, within, or near limiting lines: the bounds of the kingdom.
v. bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds
v.tr.
1. To set a limit to; confine: a high wall that bounded the prison yard; lives that were bounded by poverty.
2. To constitute the boundary or limit of: a city park that was bounded by busy streets.
3. To identify the boundaries of; demarcate.
v.intr.
To border on another place, state, or country.
v.
Past tense and past participle of bind.
adj.
1. Confined by bonds; tied: bound hostages.
2. Being under legal or moral obligation: bound by my promise.
3. Equipped with a cover or binding: bound volumes.
4. Predetermined; certain: We're bound to be late.
5. Determined; resolved: Many public policy students are bound to be politicians one day.
6. Linguistics Being a form, especially a morpheme, that cannot stand as an independent word, such as a prefix or suffix.
7. Constipated.
adj.
Headed or intending to head in a specified direction: commuters bound for home; a south-bound train.

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