Bound

Definition:

(imp.) of Bind
(p. p.) of Bind
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To rebound, as an elastic ball.
(v. t.) To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
(v. t.) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
(n.) A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
(n.) Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
(n.) Spring from one foot to the other.
() imp. & p. p. of Bind.
(p. p. & a.) Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
(p. p. & a.) Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
(p. p. & a.) Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
(p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
(p. p. & a.) Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
(p. p. & a.) Constipated; costive.
(v.) 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.

Compare bound with other words:

bound vs. demarcate

blindfolded vs. bound

bound vs. gound

bound vs. bourd

bound vs. mound

bound vs. hound

bound vs. round

bound vs. found

bound vs. sound

bound vs. wound

abound vs. bound

bound vs. pound

bound vs. label

bound vs. confined

bound vs. obliged

bound vs. destiny

bound vs. wrapped

bound vs. threshold

bound vs. destine

abide vs. bound

bound vs. obstriction

bound vs. leapingly

bound vs. disterminate

articled vs. bound

bonded vs. bound

bound vs. bounded

bound vs. connect

attach vs. bound

bound vs. friend

bound vs. boundaries

bound vs. liable

bound vs. tether

bound vs. enslaved

bound vs. imprisoned

bound vs. upspring

bound vs. spang

bookbindery vs. bound

bondwoman vs. bound

bondman vs. bound

bound vs. bounder

bound vs. unfree

bound vs. chained

bound vs. outbound

bindery vs. bound

bound vs. fettered

bound vs. scoundrel

bound vs. restricted

bound vs. stint

beholden vs. bound

bound vs. restrict

bound vs. unfettered

bound vs. wired

bound vs. constrain

bound vs. polysynthetic

bound vs. synthetic

bound vs. bundle

bound vs. efflorescence

bound vs. unlimited

bound vs. obligation

bound vs. spine

bound vs. confine

bound vs. limit

bound vs. sheaf

bound vs. circumference

bound vs. parameter

bottomless vs. bound

bound vs. bracket

atlas vs. bound

bound vs. constant

bound vs. essential

bound vs. contraction

bound vs. ready

bound vs. prepared

bounce vs. bound

bound vs. rebound

bound vs. unbounded

bound vs. surround

bound vs. unbound

bound vs. value

bound vs. boundless

bound vs. cross

border vs. bound

bound vs. boundary

bound vs. variable

bound vs. splint

bound vs. likely

bound vs. loose

bound vs. demonstration

bound vs. spring