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Definition of 'Bound'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) bound
tied; in bonds:
a bound prisoner.

2.  bound
confined to or by something:
bound to one's desk.

3.  bound
made fast as if by a band or bond.

4.  bound
secured within a cover, as a book.

5.  bound
under a legal or moral obligation.

6.  bound
destined or certain:
It is bound to happen.

7.  bound
determined:
He is bound to go.

8.  bound
constipated.

9.  bound
held with another element or material in chemical or physical union.

10.  bound
(of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, never by itself, as most affixes: The -edin seated is a bound form.

11.  bound
(of a variable in logic) occurring within the scope of a quantifier.

12. (v.) bound
to move by leaps; spring.

13.  bound
to rebound; bounce.

14. (n.) bound
a leap onward or upward; jump.

15.  bound
a rebound; bounce.

16. (n.) bound
Usu., bounds. limit or boundary:
within the bounds of reason.

17.  bound
something that limits, confines, or restrains.

18.  bound
bounds,

19.  bound
territories on or near a boundary.

20.  bound
land within boundary lines.

21.  bound
a number greater than or equal to, or less than or equal to, all the numbers in a given set:
greatest lower bound.

22. (v.t.) bound
to limit by or as if by bounds.

23.  bound
to form the boundary or limit of.

24.  bound
to name or list the boundaries of.

25. (v.i.) bound
to abut.

26.  bound
out of bounds,

27.  bound
beyond the official boundaries, prescribed limits, or restricted area.

28.  bound
forbidden; prohibited.

29. (adj.) bound
going or intending to go; destined (usu. fol. by for):
The train is bound for Denver.

30.  bound
Archaic. prepared; ready.

Etymology: (1150–1200; ME b(o)un ready < ON būinn, ptp. of būa to get ready)

Definition of 'Bound'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) boundary, edge, bound
a line determining the limits of an area

2. (noun) boundary, bound, bounds
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

3. (noun) limit, bound, boundary
the greatest possible degree of something
"what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

4. (adj) leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

5. (adj) bound
confined by bonds
"bound and gagged hostages"

6. (adj) bound
held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

7. (adj) bound
secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
"bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"

8. (adj) bound(p), destined
(usually followed by `to') governed by fate
"bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"

9. (adj) bandaged, bound
covered or wrapped with a bandage
"the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"

10. (adj) bound, 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"

11. (adj) bound
bound by an oath
"a bound official"

12. (adj) apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured
bound by contract

13. (verb) bound(p)
confined in the bowels
"he is bound in the belly"

14. (verb) jump, leap, bound, 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?"

15. (verb) bound, border
form the boundary of; be contiguous to

16. (verb) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
place limits on (extent or access)
"restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

17. (verb) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
spring back; spring away from an impact
"The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

Definition of 'Bound'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) bound
bound to
almost certain to
a disaster that was bound to happen

2. bound
obligated or forced to
bound by tradition; morally bound to help

3. bound
bound for
on the way to
a flight bound for Europe

4. (verb) bound
to leap or run with large steps
bounding across the room

5. (noun) bound
a long jump; = leap

Definition of 'Bound'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Bound
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

2. (noun) Bound
a leap; an elastic spring; a jump

3. (noun) Bound
rebound; as, the bound of a ball

4. (noun) Bound
spring from one foot to the other

5.  Bound
of Bind

6.  Bound
of Bind

7.  Bound
imp. & p. p. of Bind

8.  Bound
restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like

9.  Bound
inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume

10.  Bound
under legal or moral restraint or obligation

11.  Bound
constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail

12.  Bound
resolved; as, I am bound to do it

13.  Bound
constipated; costive

14.  Bound
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

15. (verb) Bound
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

16. (verb) Bound
to name the boundaries of; as, to bound France

17. (verb) Bound
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

18. (verb) Bound
to rebound, as an elastic ball

19. (verb) Bound
to make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse

20. (verb) Bound
to cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor

Definition of 'Bound'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. Bound
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.

Translation of 'Bound'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: going in a particular direction westbound traffic.
Arabic: مُتَّجِه إلى	Bulgarian: отиващ в определена посок	Brazilian: em direção a
Czech: směrem na	German: bestimmt	Danish: på vej til; med kurs mod
Greek: με κατεύθυνση προς (ως β΄	Spanish: en dirección a, hacia	Estonian: suunduv
Farsi: عازم؛ روانه	Finnish: matkalla määrättyyn suunt	French: vers,à destination de
Hebrew: לַנוּע בְּכִיווּן	Hindi: किसी विशेष दिशा में जाना	Croatian: koji ima odredište
Hungarian: -irányú	Indonesian: ke arah	Icelandic: á (vestur)leið
Italian: verso, diretto a*	Japanese: ～行きの	Korean: ...을 향하여
Lithuanian: judantis (kuria nors) kry	Latvian: virzienā uz	Malay: menuju
Dutch: in ... richting	Norwegian: med kurs for	Polish: w kierunku
Persian: عازم؛ روانه	Pashto: سفرکول، تلل ، روانیدل	Portuguese: em direcção a
Romanian: spre, cu destinaţia	Russian: направляющийся в таком-то	Slovak: smerom na
Slovenian: proti, v smeri	Serbian: usmeren ka	Swedish: destinerad, -gående
Thai: ตรงไปยัง	Turkish: ...-e giden, gitmekte ola	Taiwanese: 往特定方向的
Ukrainian: прямуючий	Urdu: کسی مخصوص سمت کی جانب گام	Vietnamese: hướng về
Chinese: 向特定方向的，前往…的
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