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bound
(b/AU/nd )

adjective (a)

  • confined by bonds(adj.all)
    Example:
    Bound and gagged hostages.
    Antonym:
    unbound
    source: wordnet30
  • held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union(adj.all)
    Antonym:
    free
    source: wordnet30
  • secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form(adj.all)
    Example:
    Bound volumes.
    Leather-bound volumes.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a line determining the limits of an area(noun.shape)
    Synonym:
    boundary, edge
    source: wordnet30
  • the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    boundary, bounds
    source: wordnet30
  • the greatest possible degree of something(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior.
    Synonym:
    boundary, limit
    source: wordnet30
  • a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.(noun)
    source: webster1913

preposition (pre)

  • Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.(preposition)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • (usually followed by `to') governed by fate(adj.all)
    Example:
    Bound to happen.
    Synonym:
    destined
    source: wordnet30
  • covered or wrapped with a bandage(adj.all)
    Example:
    An injury bound in fresh gauze.
    Synonym:
    bandaged
    source: wordnet30
  • headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'(adj.all)
    Example:
    Children bound for school.
    source: wordnet30
  • bound by an oath(adj.all)
    Example:
    A bound official.
    source: wordnet30
  • bound by contract(adj.all)
    Synonym:
    apprenticed, articled, indentured
    source: wordnet30
  • confined in the bowels(adj.all)
    Example:
    He is bound in the belly.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • move forward by leaps and bounds(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The horse bounded across the meadow.
    Synonym:
    jump, leap, spring
    source: wordnet30
  • form the boundary of; be contiguous to(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    border
    source: wordnet30
  • place limits on (extent or access)(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel
    source: wordnet30
  • spring back; spring away from an impact(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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