bound

/baund/

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The puppy is bound for the park.

Definition

Adjective:
- Obligated or compelled: Being under a legal or moral constraint.
- Certain or destined: Very likely or certain to happen.
- Heading towards a destination: Moving or traveling in a specific direction.
- Secured or fastened: Tied or held together, often with a cover.
Noun:
- A limit or boundary: A line that marks the edge or limit of an area.
- A leap or jump: A single, energetic upward or forward movement.
Verb (past tense and past participle of 'bind'):
- Tied or fastened: Secured or made fast with ties or bonds.
- Obligated: Made subject to a duty or legal constraint.
Verb (intransitive):
- To leap or spring: To move forward with a jumping motion.

Usage and Examples

Adjective:
- She felt bound by her promise to keep the secret. (Obligated)
- If you work that hard, you are bound to succeed. (Certain)
- The train is bound for the coast. (Heading towards)
- The book was bound in leather. (Secured with a cover)
Noun:
- His curiosity knew no bounds. (Limits)
- The dog cleared the fence in a single bound. (Leap)
Verb (past tense of 'bind'):
- He bound the package with strong twine. (Tied)
- The contract bound them to the agreement for five years. (Obligated)
Verb (intransitive):
- The deer bounded away into the forest. (Leapt)

Advanced Usage

"Duty-bound": Having a moral or legal obligation.
- As a doctor, she was duty-bound to help.
"I'll be bound" (archaic/idiomatic): I am certain.
- He's forgotten his keys again, I'll be bound.
"Bound up in/with": Closely connected or involved with.
- His identity is bound up with his work.

Variants and Related Words

Synonyms

Related Phrasal Verbs

Bound up: To be closely associated or connected.
- The issue is bound up with complex historical factors.

Related Idioms

"By leaps and bounds": Very quickly or making rapid progress.
- Her Spanish improved by leaps and bounds after she moved to Madrid.
"Out of bounds": Not to be entered; prohibited.
- The construction site is out of bounds to the public.
"Within bounds": Acceptable; within reasonable limits.
- Please keep your criticism within bounds.

The puppy is bound for the park.

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?

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