Bound
WordNet
adjective
(1) Confined by bonds
"Bound and gagged hostages"
(2) Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
"Bound volumes"
"Leather-bound volumes"
(3) Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
(4) Bound by contract
(5) Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
"Children bound for school"
"A flight destined for New York"
(6) Covered or wrapped with a bandage
"The bandaged wound on the back of his head"
"An injury bound in fresh gauze"
(7) Bound by an oath
"A bound official"
noun
(8) A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
(9) The greatest possible degree of something
"What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"
"To the limit of his ability"
(10) The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
(11) A line determining the limits of an area
verb
(12) Place limits on (extent or access)
"Restrict the use of this parking lot"
"Limit the time you can spend with your friends"
(13) Spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"
"These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
(14) Move forward by leaps and bounds
"The horse bounded across the meadow"
"The child leapt across the puddle"
"Can you jump over the fence?"
(15) Form the boundary of; be contiguous to
WiktionaryText
Verb
bound
Adjective
- Obliged (to).
- You are not legally bound to reply.
- Very likely (to).
- They were bound to come into conflict eventually.
- That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- Constrained by a quantifier.
Etymology 2
< < < , earlier
Noun
- A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
- Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
- a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values
Verb
- To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
- France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.
- Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.
- To be the boundary of.
Etymology 3
< ; perhaps < , present active infinitive of , freq. verb < .
Noun
Verb
- To leap, move by jumping.
- The rabbit bounded down the lane.
Etymology 4
Alteration of boun, with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1, above.