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The definition of bound is destined to happen or tied or secured physically or emotionally.

(adjective)

An example of bound is an accident occurring if someone continuously plays dangerously with sharp knives.
An example of bound is hands tied together with rope.

See bound in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

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

Origin: 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

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

transitive verb, intransitive verb

bind

adjective

confined by or as by binding; tied
closely connected or related
certain; sure; destined: bound to lose
under compulsion; obliged: legally bound to accept
constipated
provided with a binding or attached cover, as a book
Informal having one's mind made up; resolved: a team bound on winning
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

adjective

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

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

noun

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

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

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

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

Origin: see bound
going or headed toward: southbound, championship-bound
Origin: see bound
confined by or to: snowbound, housebound

See bound in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds

To leap forward or upward; spring.
To progress by forward leaps or springs.
To bounce; rebound.

noun

A leap; a jump.
A rebound; a bounce.

Origin:

Origin: French bondir, to bounce

Origin: , from Old French, to resound

Origin: , perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bombitīre

Origin: , from Latin bombitāre, to hum

Origin: , from bombus, a humming sound

Origin: , from Greek bombos

noun

A boundary; a limit. Often used in the plural: Our joy knew no bounds. Your remarks exceed the bounds of reason.
bounds The territory on, within, or near limiting lines: the bounds of the kingdom.

verb bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds

verb, transitive

To set a limit to; confine: a high wall that bounded the prison yard; lives that were bounded by poverty.
To constitute the boundary or limit of: a city park that was bounded by busy streets.
To identify the boundaries of; demarcate.

verb, intransitive

To border on another place, state, or country.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French bodne, bonde

Origin: and Anglo-Norman bunde

Origin: , both from Medieval Latin bodina

Origin: , of Celtic origin

verb

Past tense and past participle of bind.

adjective

Confined by bonds; tied: bound and gagged hostages.
Being under legal or moral obligation: bound by my promise.
Equipped with a cover or binding: bound volumes.
Predetermined; certain: We're bound to be late.
Determined; resolved: She's bound to be mayor.
Linguistics Being a form, especially a morpheme, that cannot stand as an independent word, such as a prefix or suffix.
Constipated.