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Definition of Bound

1. Noun. A line determining the limits of an area.

2. Verb. Move forward by leaps and bounds. "The horses bound across the field"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

3. Adjective. Confined by bonds. "Bound and gagged hostages"

4. Noun. The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.

5. Verb. Form the boundary of; be contiguous to.

6. Adjective. Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.

7. Noun. The greatest possible degree of something. "To the limit of his ability"

8. Verb. Place limits on (extent or access). "Limit the time you can spend with your friends"

9. Adjective. Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form. "Leather-bound volumes"

10. Noun. A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.

11. Verb. Spring back; spring away from an impact. "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

12. Adjective. (usually followed by 'to') governed by fate. "He is destined to be famous"

13. Adjective. Covered or wrapped with a bandage. "An injury bound in fresh gauze"

14. Adjective. Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students'. "A flight destined for New York"

15. Adjective. Bound by an oath. "A bound official"

16. Adjective. Bound by contract.

17. Adjective. Confined in the bowels. "He is bound in the belly"

Definition of Bound

1. n. The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.

2. v. t. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.

3. v. i. To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain.

4. v. t. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.

5. n. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.

6. p. p. & a. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.

7. a. Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz.

Definition of Bound

1. Verb. (past of bind) ¹

2. Adjective. (context: with infinitive) Obliged (to). ¹

3. Adjective. (context: with infinitive) Very likely (to). ¹

4. Adjective. (linguistics of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word. ¹

5. Adjective. (mathematics logic of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier. ¹

6. Noun. (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. ¹

7. Noun. (mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values ¹

8. Verb. To surround a territory or other geographical entity. ¹

9. Verb. (mathematics) To be the boundary of. ¹

10. Noun. A sizeable jump, great leap. ¹

11. Verb. To leap, move by jumping. ¹

12. Adjective. (obsolete) ready, prepared. ¹

13. Adjective. ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bound

1. to leap [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: leap

Medical Definition of Bound

1. The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary. "He hath compassed the waters with bounds." (Job xxvi. 10) "On earth's remotest bounds." (Campbell) "And mete the bounds of hate and love." (Tennyson) To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion. Synonym: See Boundary. Origin: OE. Bounde, bunne, OF. Bonne, bonde, bodne, F. Borne, fr. LL. Bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. Of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. Bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf. Bourne. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bound

bouncing Bet bouncing Betties bouncing Betty bouncing betty bouncing bomb bouncing bombs bouncing castle bouncing castles bouncing off the walls bouncing putty

bouncingly bouncy bouncy ball bouncy castle bouncy castles bound (current term) bound(p) bound for bound form bound morpheme

bound morphemes bound off bound on equip bound on pickup bound state bound states bound to bound up bound variable bound variables

Literary usage of Bound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1903)
"1 bound vol. Mich.—State Board of Health. 15 bound vol. ... New England Assoc. of Gas Engrs. 1 bound Works. 9 pam. vol. New Haven, Conn.—City Engr. 12 pam. ..."

2. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"2 bound vol. New York State Charities Aid Assoc. 1 pam., 1 vol. ... U. S Ctif of Engrs. 3 bound vol. US Coast and Geodetic Survey. 1 pam., 4 maps. ..."

3. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"Charles, Jr. 1 bound vol. Architekten Verein zu Berlin. 3 nam. ... Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. 1 bound vol. ..."

4. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1902)
"11 bound Pennsylvania Co. 1 pam. Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburg. 1 vol.. 1 pam. pam. ... Soc. of Naval Architects and Marine Engrs. 1 bound vol. ..."

5. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness (1913)
"The Folio rightly connects the infinitives to soar and to bound, as a quibbling repetition of the verse: And soar above them with a common bound. ..."

6. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"Engrs. 1 bound vol. Jaycox, TW 1 bound vol. Joseph Dixon Crucible Co ... 1 bound vol. US Climatological Service of the Weather Bureau, New Jersey Section. ..."

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