bound
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
(usually followed by `to') governed by fate
bound to happen
an old house destined to be demolished
- 4
confined in the bowels
he is bound in the belly
noun
- 1
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- 2
the greatest possible degree of something
what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
to the limit of his ability
- 3
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- 4
a line determining the limits of an area
verb
- 1
place limits on (extent or access)
restrict the use of this parking lot
limit the time you can spend with your friends
- 2
spring back; spring away from an impact
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
- 3
move forward by leaps and bounds
The horse bounded across the meadow
The child leapt across the puddle
- 4
form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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