'Bound' definitions:

Definition of 'bound'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant: unbound]
adjective
Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union [ant: free]
adjective
Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" [ant: unbound]
adjective
(usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" [syn: bound(p), destined]
adjective
Covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze" [syn: bandaged, bound]
adjective
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" [syn: bound, destined]
adjective
Bound by an oath; "a bound official"
adjective
Bound by contract [syn: apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured]
adjective
Confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly"
noun
A line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary, edge, bound]
noun
The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something [syn: boundary, bound, bounds]
noun
The greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability" [syn: limit, bound, boundary]
noun
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce]
verb
Move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound, spring]
verb
Form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound, border]
verb
Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle]
verb
Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.
  • 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Constipated; costive. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.
  • Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bind \Bind\, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix. [root]90.]
  • 1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams. [1913 Webster]
  • He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job xxviii. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. --Luke xiii. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. [1913 Webster]
  • Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. --Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service. [1913 Webster]
  • To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
  • To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
  • To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bind \Bind\, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix. [root]90.]
  • 1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams. [1913 Webster]
  • He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job xxviii. 11. [1913 Webster]
  • Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. --Luke xiii. 16. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. [1913 Webster]
  • Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. --Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service. [1913 Webster]
  • To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
  • To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
  • To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bound \Bound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Where full measure only bounds excess. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Phlegethon . . . Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bound \Bound\, v. i. [F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a humming, buzzing. See Bomb.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To rebound, as an elastic ball. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bound \Bound\ (bound), n. [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.] 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. [1913 Webster]
  • He hath compassed the waters with bounds. --Job xxvi. 10. [1913 Webster]
  • On earth's remotest bounds. --Campbell. [1913 Webster]
  • And mete the bounds of hate and love. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: See Boundary. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bound \Bound\, v. t.
  • 1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. [Collog.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bound \Bound\, a. [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun ready, prepared, fr. Icel. b[=u]inn, p. p. of b[=u]a to dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See Bond, a., and cf. Busk, v.] 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. "The mariner bound homeward." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bound \Bound\, n.
  • 1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. [1913 Webster]
  • A bound of graceful hardihood. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bound'

From: GCIDE
  • Bound \Bound\, imp. & p. p. of Bind. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bound'

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Words containing 'Bound'