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bound

1  [bound]
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–verb
1. pt. and pp. of bind.
–adjective
2. tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner.
3. made fast as if by a band or bond: She is bound to her family.
4. secured within a cover, as a book.
5. under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract.
6. destined; sure; certain: It is bound to happen.
7. determined or resolved: He is bound to go.
8. Pathology. constipated.
9. Mathematics. (of a vector) having a specified initial point as well as magnitude and direction. Compare free (def. 31).
10. held with another element, substance, or material in chemical or physical union.
11. (of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, as most affixes. Compare free (def. 34).
—Idiom
12. bound up in or with,
a. inseparably connected with.
b. devoted or attached to: She is bound up in her teaching.
Origin:
ptp. and past tense of bind

Related forms:
boundness, noun

Synonyms:
5. liable, obligated, obliged, compelled.

bound

2  [bound]
–verb (used without object)
1. to move by leaps; leap; jump; spring: The colt bounded through the meadow.
2. to rebound, as a ball; bounce: The ball bounded against the wall.
–noun
3. a leap onward or upward; jump.
4. a rebound; bounce.
Origin:
1545–55; < MF bond a leap, bondir to leap, orig. resound ≪ VL *bombitīre for *bombitāre to buzz, whiz (L bomb(us) (see bomb ) + -it- intensive suffix + -ā- thematic vowel + -re inf. suffix)

Related forms:
bound⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. See skip 1 .

bound

3  [bound]
–noun
1. Usually, bounds. limit or boundary: the bounds of space and time; within the bounds of his estate; within the bounds of reason.
2. something that limits, confines, or restrains.
3. bounds,
a. territories on or near a boundary.
b. land within boundary lines.
4. Mathematics. a number greater than or equal to, or less than or equal to, all the numbers in a given set. Compare greatest lower bound, least upper bound, lower bound, upper bound.
–verb (used with object)
5. to limit by or as if by bounds; keep within limits or confines.
6. to form the boundary or limit of.
7. to name or list the boundaries of.
–verb (used without object)
8. to abut.
—Idiom
9. out of bounds,
a. beyond the official boundaries, prescribed limits, or restricted area: The ball bounced out of bounds.
b. forbidden; prohibited: The park is out of bounds to students.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME bounde < AF; OF bone, bonde, var. of bodne < ML budina, of uncert. orig.; cf. bourn 2

Related forms:
bound⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. border, frontier, confine.
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bound 1   (bound)   
intr.v.   bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds
  1. To leap forward or upward; spring.
  2. To progress by forward leaps or springs.
  3. To bounce; rebound.
n.  
  1. A leap; a jump.
  2. A rebound; a bounce.

[French bondir, to bounce, from Old French, to resound, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bombitīre, from Latin bombitāre, to hum, from bombus, a humming sound, from Greek bombos.]
bound 2   (bound)   
n.  
  1. A boundary; a limit. Often used in the plural: Our joy knew no bounds. Your remarks exceed the bounds of reason.
  2. bounds The territory on, within, or near limiting lines: the bounds of the kingdom.
v.   bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds

v.   tr.
  1. To set a limit to; confine: a high wall that bounded the prison yard; lives that were bounded by poverty.
  2. To constitute the boundary or limit of: a city park that was bounded by busy streets.
  3. To identify the boundaries of; demarcate.
v.   intr.
To border on another place, state, or country.

[Middle English, from Old French bodne, bonde and Anglo-Norman bunde, both from Medieval Latin bodina, of Celtic origin.]
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Bounding

Bound"ing\, a. Moving with a bound or bounds.

The bounding pulse, the languid limb. --Montgomery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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