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 *bombit re, from Latin bombit re, 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.] |
bound 3 (bound)v.Past tense and past participle of bind. adj.1. Confined by bonds; tied: bound and gagged hostages. 2. Being under legal or moral obligation: bound by my promise. 3. Equipped with a cover or binding: bound volumes. 4. Predetermined; certain: We're bound to be late. 5. Determined; resolved: She's bound to be mayor. 6. Linguistics Being a form, especially a morpheme, that cannot stand as an independent word, such as a prefix or suffix. 7. Constipated. |
bound 1 Verb Adjective 1. tied as if with a rope 2. restricted or confined: housebound 3. certain: it's bound to happen 4. compelled or obliged: they agreed to be bound by the board's recommendations 5. (of a book) secured within a cover or binding 6. bound up with closely or inextricably linked with
bound 2 Verb 1. to move forwards by leaps or jumps 2. to bounce; spring away from an impact Noun 1. a jump upwards or forwards 2. a bounce, as of a ball [Old French bondir]
bound 3 Verb 1. to place restrictions on; limit: bounded by tradition 2. to form a boundary of Noun boundless adj
bound 4 Adjective going or intending to go towards: homeward bound [Old Norse buinn, past participle of būa prepare]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | bound - a line determining the limits of an arealine - a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point rim - the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object upper bound - (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set lower bound - (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set thalweg - the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states | | 2. |  bound - the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of somethinghairline - the natural margin formed by hair on the head frontier - an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary heliopause - the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet end - a boundary marking the extremities of something; "the end of town" extremity - the outermost or farthest region or point surface - the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface" shoreline - a boundary line between land and water | | 3. | bound - the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"extent - the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent" knife-edge - a narrow boundary; "he lived on a knife-edge between genius and insanity" absoluteness, starkness, utterness - the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections" verge, brink - the limit beyond which something happens or changes; "on the verge of tears"; "on the brink of bankruptcy" | | 4. |  bound - a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwardsjumping, jump - the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground; "he advanced in a series of jumps"; "the jumping was unexpected" | | Verb | 1. | bound - move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" pronk - jump straight up; "kangaroos pronk" burst - move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night" bounce - leap suddenly; "He bounced to his feet" capriole - perform a capriole, of horses in dressage galumph - move around heavily and clumsily; "the giant tortoises galumphed around in their pen" saltate - leap or skip, often in dancing; "These fish swim with a saltating motion" leapfrog - jump across; "He leapfrogged his classmates" curvet - perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse caper - jump about playfully hop - make a jump forward or upward | | 2. | bound - form the boundary of; be contiguous toverge - border on; come close to; "His behavior verges on the criminal" shore - serve as a shore to; "The river was shored by trees" | | 3. |  bound - place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"tighten, reduce - narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" tie - limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets are tied to large airports" gate - restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment draw a line, draw the line - reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on); "I draw the line when it comes to lending money to friends!" hamper, cramp, halter, strangle - prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" clamp down, crack down - repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable); "The police clamped down on illegal drugs" inhibit - limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs" curb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger" | | 4. | bound - spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"kick back, recoil, kick - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" carom - rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several lampposts" bound, jump, leap, 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?" | | Adj. | 1. | bound - confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"unfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will unbound - not restrained or tied down by bonds | | 2. | bound - held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical unionchemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions free - unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" | | 3. | bound - secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"unbound - not secured within a cover; "an unbound book" | | 4. | bound - (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"sure, certain - certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win" | | 5. |  bound - covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"treated - given medical care or treatment; "a treated cold is usually gone in 14 days; if left untreated it lasts two weeks" | | 6. | bound - 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"orientated, oriented - adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout" | | 7. | bound - bound by an oath; "a bound official"sworn - bound by or stated on oath; "now my sworn friend and then mine enemy"- Shakespeare | | 8. | bound - bound by contractunfree - hampered and not free; not able to act at will | | 9. | bound - confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly"constipated - have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels |
bound 1
bound 2 noun 2. leap, bob, spring, jump, bounce, hurdle, skip, vault, pounce, caper, prance, lope, frisk, gambol
bound 3
1. In land warfare, a single movement, usually from cover to cover, made by troops often under enemy fire. 2. (DOD only) Distance covered in one movement by a unit that is advancing by bounds.
 Translations bound [baund] pt, pp of bindadj bound by → rodeado de; "out of bounds to the public" → "prohibido el paso";
 bound [baund] pt, pp of bindbound by [+ law, regulation] → engagé(e) par;
 bound [baund] pt, pp of bindto be bound to do sth ( obliged) → verpflichtet sein, etw zu tun;
 bound [baund] pt, pp of bind
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