bound

/baund/
Adjective
  1. confined in the bowels
    • he is bound in the belly
  2. bound by contract
  3. bound by an oath
    • a bound official
  4. 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
  5. covered or wrapped with a bandage
    • the bandaged wound on the back of his head
    • an injury bound in fresh gauze
  6. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
    • bound to happen
    • an old house destined to be demolished
    • he is destined to be famous
  7. secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
    • bound volumes
    • leather-bound volumes
  8. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
  9. confined by bonds
    • bound and gagged hostages
Noun
  1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  2. the greatest possible degree of something
    • what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
    • to the limit of his ability
  3. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  4. a line determining the limits of an area
Verb
  1. spring back; spring away from an impact
    • The rubber ball bounced
    • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
  2. place limits on (extent or access)
    • restrict the use of this parking lot
    • limit the time you can spend with your friends
  3. form the boundary of; be contiguous to
  4. 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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