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bound¹ Definition

bound (bo̵und)

intransitive verb

  1. to move with a leap or series of leaps
  2. to spring back from a surface after striking it, as a ball; bounce; rebound

Etymology: MFr bondir < OFr, to leap, make a noise, orig., to echo back < LL bombitare, to buzz, hum < L bombus, a humming: see bomb

transitive verb

to cause to bound or bounce

noun

  1. a jump; leap
  2. a springing back from a surface after striking it; bounce

bound² Definition

bound (bo̵und)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

bind

adjective

  1. confined by or as by binding; tied
  2. closely connected or related
  3. certain; sure; destined bound to lose
  4. under compulsion; obliged legally bound to accept
  5. constipated
  6. provided with a binding or attached cover, as a book
  7. Informal having one's mind made up; resolved a team bound on winning
  8. Linguis. designating a form, or morpheme, that never occurs alone as an independent word in “singing,” -ing is a bound form, but sing is not

bound² Idioms

bound up in

or bound up with
  1. deeply devoted to
  2. implicated or involved in
bound³ Definition

bound (bo̵und)

adjective

  1. ready to go or going; headed: often with for bound for home
  2. Archaic ready; prepared

Etymology: ME boun, ready (+ -d, prob. by assoc. with bound) < ON buinn, pp. of bua, to prepare: see bondage

bound4 Definition

bound (bo̵und)

noun

  1. a boundary; limit
  2. an area near, alongside, or enclosed by a boundary

Etymology: ME bounde < OFr bunne, bodne < ML bodina, butina, boundary, boundary marker

transitive verb

  1. to provide with bounds; limit; confine
  2. to be a limit or boundary to
  3. ☆ to name the boundaries of (a state, etc.)

intransitive verb

to have a boundary (on another country, etc.)

bound4 Idioms

out of bounds

  1. beyond the boundaries or limits, as of a playing field
  2. not to be entered or used; forbidden
bound Synonyms

bound

modif.

  1. Literally confined in bonds

    fettered, shackled, trussed up, manacled, chained, enchained, handcuffed, hobbled, captive, confined, restrained, trammeled, pinioned, pilloried, muzzled, in leash, tied up, harnessed, bound hand and foot, lashed fast, swathed, pinned down, pegged down, tethered, picketed, secured, roped, gagged, hogtied, loaded with irons*.

    Antonyms free*, unrestrained, loose.

  2. Figuratively constrained

    impelled, compelled, obliged, obligated, under compulsion, constrained, duty-bound, committed, sworn, pledged, forced, coerced, driven, necessitated, under necessity, made, having no alternative, required, bounden.

    Antonyms unconstrained, free*, independent.

bound Synonyms

bound

v.

  1. To move in leaps

    jump, spring, vault, skip; see jump 1, skip.

  2. To rebound

    bounce, ricochet, recoil; see bounce 1, jump 4.

  3. To set limits

    restrict, confine, circumscribe, border; see define 1, limit, surround 1. See syn. study at limit, skip.

out of bounds

off limits, not permitted, restricted, forbidden; see illegal.

bound Usage Examples

Object

  • rationality: Instead, the agents possess a form of bounded rationality.
  • rectangle: Specified by: getBounds in interface Shape Returns: the bounding Rectangle for the Area.
  • box: Six commands define the way the text fills the bounding box.

Converse of object

  • overstep: How can phones be made open except for certain parties who overstep bounds?
  • transcend: He has transcended the bounds of his Executive position - spurning the authority of Congress.
  • exceed: Alternatively, someone may have transgressed this Qur'anic rule and exceeded the bounds set by Allah.

Subject

  • hedging: There is a lawned area to the front bounded by hedging and a balcony to the front enabling views over the fields beyond.

Adjective modifier

  • upper: First, many engineering systems have performance requirements naturally stated in terms of the upper bounds on the steady-state variance values.

Modifies a noun

  • checking: The member function bcref does the same thing with guaranteed bounds checking.
  • volume: All subscribers receive a bound volume at the year end.
  • copy: You must submit two bound copies of your thesis to the Academic Registry.
  • carriageway: At junction 39, the east bound carriageway was diverted to junction 38.
  • notebook: Leonardo?s separate pages and bound notebooks must have looked very odd in his own day.

Preposition: on

  • northeast: It is bounded on northeast and east by England, and on the other sides by the parishes of Morebattle and Linton.
  • north: Birker and Austhwaite is bounded on the north and west by the Esk, and on the east by Ulpha.
  • west: His lands were bounded on the west by those of the Incorporation of Baxters, the Bakers ' lands, Can.

Preposition: of

  • NDF: LBOUND( 2 ) = _INTEGER ( Read ) Lower bounds of new NDF ( if LIKE= !
  • propriety: Love does not step over the bounds of propriety.
  • moderation: Keep the desires of thine heart, therefore, within the bounds of moderation; let the hand of justice lead them aright.

Preposition: by

  • hedging: There is a lawned area to the front bounded by hedging and a balcony to the front enabling views over the fields beyond.
bound Quotes

And bound for the same bourn as I, On every road I wandered by, Trod beside me, close and dear, The beautiful and death-struck year.

—Housman, A(lfred) E(dward)

   He nursed the feelings these dull scenes produce, And loved to stop beside the opening sluice; Where the small stream, confined in narrow bound, Ran with a dull, unvaried, sad'ning sound; Where all presented to the eye or ear, Oppressed the soul! with misery, grief, and fear.

—Crabbe, George

Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!

—Siegel,Jerome

In that sharp light the fields did lie Naked and stone-like; each tree stood Like a tranced woman, bound and stark, Far off the wood With darkness ridged the riven dark. 336

—Freeman,John