bound

Adjective

• confined in the bowels
  • he is bound in the belly
    

• bound by contract

• bound by an oath
  • a bound official
    

• 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
    

• covered or wrapped with a bandage
  • the bandaged wound on the back of his head
    
  • an injury bound in fresh gauze
    

• (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
  • bound to happen
    
  • an old house destined to be demolished
    
  • he is destined to be famous
    

• secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
  • bound volumes
    
  • leather-bound volumes
    

• held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

• confined by bonds
  • bound and gagged hostages
    

Noun

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• the greatest possible degree of something
  • what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
    
  • to the limit of his ability
    

• the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

• a line determining the limits of an area

Verb

• spring back; spring away from an impact
  • The rubber ball bounced
    
  • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
    

• place limits on (extent or access)
  • restrict the use of this parking lot
    
  • limit the time you can spend with your friends
    

• form the boundary of; be contiguous to

• move forward by leaps and bounds
  • The horse bounded across the meadow
    
  • The child leapt across the puddle
    
  • Can you jump over the fence?
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bound(p) , apprenticed , articled , indentured , destined , bandaged , leap , leaping , spring , saltation , bounce , limit , boundary , bounds , edge , resile , take a hop , rebound , recoil , reverberate , ricochet , restrict , restrain , trammel , confine , throttle , border , jump
• Antonyms: 
  unbound , free