bound

adjective

  1. 1

    confined by bonds

    bound and gagged hostages

  2. 2

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

    bound volumes

    leather-bound volumes

  3. 3

    (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

    bound to happen

    an old house destined to be demolished

  4. 4

    confined in the bowels

    he is bound in the belly

noun

  1. 1

    a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

  2. 2

    the greatest possible degree of something

    what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior

    to the limit of his ability

  3. 3

    the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

  4. 4

    a line determining the limits of an area

verb

  1. 1

    place limits on (extent or access)

    restrict the use of this parking lot

    limit the time you can spend with your friends

  2. 2

    spring back; spring away from an impact

    The rubber ball bounced

    These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

  3. 3

    move forward by leaps and bounds

    The horse bounded across the meadow

    The child leapt across the puddle

  4. 4

    form the boundary of; be contiguous to

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