Definition for "Bound"

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Bound - (Verb)

phonetic : /bound/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/bound.mp3
past tense : bounded
1. Walk or run with leaping strides
  • Louis came bounding down the stairs
2. (of an object, typically a round one) Rebound from a surface
  • bullets bounded off the veranda
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1. Form the boundary of; enclose
  • the ground was bounded by a main road on one side and a meadow on the other
2. Place within certain limits; restrict
  • freedom of action is bounded by law
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past tense : bounded
1. Form the boundary of; enclose
  • the ground was bounded by a main road on one side and a meadow on the other
2. Place within certain limits; restrict
  • freedom of action is bounded by law
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phonetic : /bound/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/bound.mp3
past tense : bounded
1. Walk or run with leaping strides
  • Louis came bounding down the stairs
2. (of an object, typically a round one) Rebound from a surface
  • bullets bounded off the veranda
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stick to (stick to firmly) "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
bond (create social or emotional ties) "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
bind (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope) "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
bandage (wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose)
truss (secure with or as if with ropes) "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
obligate (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted) "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
bind (provide with a binding) "bind the books in leather"
bind (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord) "They tied their victim to the chair"
bind (form a chemical bond with) "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
bind (cause to be constipated) "These foods tend to constipate you"
spring (move forward by leaps and bounds) "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
border (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
throttle (place limits on (extent or amount or access)) "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
ricochet (spring back; spring away from an impact) "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
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Bound, v. t.

1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.] Shak.

2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. [Collog.]

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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 ****.]



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.

    Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds.
Pope.

    And the waves bound beneath me as a steed
    That knows his rider.
Byron.

2. To rebound, as an elastic ball.

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Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding.]



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.

    Where full measure only bounds excess.
Milton.

    Phlegethon . . .
    Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds.
Dryden.

2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.

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Simple past tense and past participle of bind.
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To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
  • France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.
  • Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.
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mathematics To be the boundary of.
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To leap, move by jumping.
  • The rabbit bounded down the lane.
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Bound - (Adjective)

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1. Heading toward somewhere
  • trains bound for Chicago
2. Destined or likely to have a specified experience
  • they were bound for disaster
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1. Restricted or confined to a specified place
  • his job kept him city-bound
2. Prevented from operating normally by the specified conditions
  • blizzard-bound Boston
3. Certain to do or have something
  • there is bound to be a change of plan
4. Obliged by law, circumstances, or duty to do something
  • I'm bound to do what I can to help Sam
5. (of a book) Having a specified binding
  • fine leather-bound books
6. (of a morpheme) Unable to occur alone, e.g., dis- in dismount
7. Constipated
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(adj) bound (confined by bonds) "bound and gagged hostages"
(adj) bound (held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union)
(adj) bound (secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form) "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
destined ((usually followed by `to') governed by fate) "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"
bandaged, bound (covered or wrapped with a bandage) "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"
destined (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"
(adj) bound (bound by an oath) "a bound official"
indentured (bound by contract)
(adj) bound (confined in the bowels) "he is bound in the belly"
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with infinitive Obliged (to).
  • You are not legally bound to reply.
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with infinitive Very likely (to).
  • They were bound to come into conflict eventually.
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linguistics, of a morpheme That cannot stand alone as a free word.
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mathematics, logic, of a variable Constrained by a quantifier.
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obsolete ready, prepared.
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ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
  • Which way are you bound?
  • Is that message bound for me?
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Bound - (Noun)

phonetic : /bound/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/bound.mp3
plural : bounds
1. A leaping movement upward
  • I went up the steps in two effortless bounds
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plural : bounds
1. A territorial limit; a boundary
  • the ancient bounds of the forest
2. A limitation or restriction on feeling or action
  • it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the issue could arise again
3. A limiting value
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phonetic : /bound/ http://www.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/de/0/bound.mp3
plural : bounds
1. A leaping movement upward
  • I went up the steps in two effortless bounds
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plural : bounds
1. A territorial limit; a boundary
  • the ancient bounds of the forest
2. A limitation or restriction on feeling or action
  • it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the issue could arise again
3. A limiting value
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edge, bound (a line determining the limits of an area)
bounds (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)
boundary (the greatest possible degree of something) "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"
bounce (a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards)
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Bound, n.

1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.

    A bound of graceful hardihood.
Wordsworth.

2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Johnson.

3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other.

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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. ****.] 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.

Syn.
See ****.

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bounds n.

1. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; as, the fotball was caught out of bounds.
Syn. -- boundary, bound.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. the greatest possible extent or degree of something.
Syn. -- limit, boundary.
[WordNet 1.5]

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often used in plural A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
  • I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
  • Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
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mathematics a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
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A sizeable jump, great leap.
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Bound - (General)

2. boundary: a line determining the limits of an area
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3. confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
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4. jump: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
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5. boundary: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
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6. form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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7. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
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8. The Bound was a British 4 wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by Bound Brothers of Southampton, England.
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9. In the sport of cricket, the bound is a jump that allows the bowler to transition from the run-up to the back foot contact position. For a chest on bowler not much transition is needed. So, many chest on bowlers have a low, short bound. ...
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10. Bound is a 1996 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by the Wachowski brothers. It is about a woman (Jennifer Tilly) who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend (Joe Pantoliano). ...
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11. This is a list of episodes of the science fiction television series Fringe, which premiered on Fox on September 9, 2008. ...
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12. (Bounded (set theory)) In mathematics, particularly in mathematical logic and set theory, a club set is a subset of a limit ordinal which is closed under the order topology, and is unbounded relative to the limit ordinal. The name club is a contraction of closed and unbounded.
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13. (Bounded (topological vector spaces)) In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics, a set in a topological vector space is called bounded or von Neumann bounded, if every neighborhood of the zero vector can be inflated to include the set. ...
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14. A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory; a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values; Obliged (to); Very likely (to); That cannot stand alone as a free word; Constrained by a quantifier
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15. (bounded) Of a set, that it is capable of being included within a ball of finite radius
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16. (boundness) The state or quality of being bound
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17. (bind) That which binds or ties; A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary; Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine; A ligature or tie for grouping notes; To connect; To couple; To put together in a cover, as of books; to associate an identifier ...
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18. (Bounded) the threshold concept helps to demarcate subject boundaries
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19. Bounding is any kind of continuous and repetitive jumping or leaping. Bounding drills usually entail single leg bounding, double-leg bounding, or some variation of the two. It may also include box drills or depth jumps. ...
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20. (Bounds) Refers to boundaries; used with the word "metes" in the metes and bounds method of land description.
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21. (bounds) The limits of an array or collection. In Java, the lower limit is always zero. In the case of an array, the upper bound is one less than then length of the array, and is fixed. ...
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22. (BOUNDS) Boundaries that are natural (lakes, trees, rocks, etc.) or artificial (roads, railroads, etc.).
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23. (Bounds) a simple object which surrounds a more complex one. When tracing, POV-Ray first does intersection tests against the simple bounding object. If the ray does not intersect the bounding object, it does not intersect the complex one (since the complex one is entirely inside the simple one). ...
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24. (bounds) pertaining to measuring natural or man-made features on the land.
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25. (bind) The attaching of a neurotransmitter or other chemical to a receptor. The neurotransmitter is said to "bind" to the receptor.
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26. (bind) To thicken a sauce or hot liquid by stirring in ingredients such as eggs, flour, butter, or cream.
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1. boundary: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
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2. (bound) confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
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3. (bound) jump: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
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4. (bound) form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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5. (bound) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
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6. (bound) secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
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7. (Bound (car)) The Bound was a British 4 wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by Bound Brothers of Southampton, England.
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8. (Bound (cricket)) In the sport of cricket, the bound is a jump that allows the bowler to transition from the run-up to the back foot contact position. For a chest on bowler not much transition is needed. So, many chest on bowlers have a low, short bound. ...
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9. (Bound (Fringe episode)) This is a list of episodes of the science fiction television series Fringe, which premiered on Fox on September 9, 2008. ...
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10. (Bound (movie)) Bound is a 1996 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by the Wachowski brothers. It is about a woman (Jennifer Tilly) who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend (Joe Pantoliano). ...
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11. (Bounded (set theory)) In mathematics, particularly in mathematical logic and set theory, a club set is a subset of a limit ordinal which is closed under the order topology, and is unbounded relative to the limit ordinal. The name club is a contraction of closed and unbounded.
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12. (Bounded (topological vector spaces)) In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics, a set in a topological vector space is called bounded or von Neumann bounded, if every neighborhood of the zero vector can be inflated to include the set. ...
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13. (bound) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory; a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values; Obliged (to); Very likely (to); That cannot stand alone as a free word; Constrained by a quantifier
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14. (bounded) Of a set, that it is capable of being included within a ball of finite radius
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15. (bound) One of the dignities also known as terms (from the latin - terminus), thought of as delimiting a certain circumstance within a certain confine of life. Often used in life expectancy calculations.
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16. (bound) Refers to several issues of a periodical which are joined together under one cover.
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17. (Bound) A book with a cover of any type, or a periodical that has a cover other than its published wraps.
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18. (BOUND) A method of trimming a hood by which a piece of material is sewn over the anterior or the posterior side, or both, of a simple-shaped hood, or over the cowl or tippet, or both, of a full-shaped hood. ...
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19. (BOUND) A bounce or jump (2 bounds per possession for advanced players; 3 for beginners)
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20. (Bound) "Where are you bound?" means "where are you going to"; also held, as in wind-bound; prevented from sailing.
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21. (Bound) A book is bound by sewing the pages to the boards prior to the gluing of the covering material.
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22. (Bound) A network communication technique whereby a node automatically receives a network variable from a sender node whenever the sender node sends it out. Whenever this condition exists, the node is said to be "bound".
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23. (Bound) In a traditional use of this term, a bound form is one which cannot stand alone and be used as an independent word, but rather must be attached to some other morpheme (e.g. negative n't, which has to attach to some auxiliary such as could). ...
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24. (Bound) In extispicy TT , certain exta TT  could be described as tightly bound to the other internal organs; the opposite term is Loose TT .
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25. (Bound) Journal issues that are bound together. The "bound periodicals" are on the first floor of the library, shelved alphabetically by the title of the journal and in order by volume number.
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Bound, a. [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun ready, prepared, fr. Icel. būinn, p. p. of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See ****, a., and cf. ****, 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.

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Bound, imp. & p. p. of ****.

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Bound, p. p. & a.

1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.

2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.

3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain;
followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.

5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]

6. Constipated; costive.

. Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc.

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.

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Pronunciation : IPA

  • /ˈbaʊnd/
  • -aʊnd
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Pronunciation : Audio

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