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