Bound

verb
baʊnd

Adjective

  • covered or wrapped with a bandage

    an injury bound in fresh gauze

    Similar:Bandaged
  • (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

    bound to happen

    Similar:Destined
  • headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'

    children bound for school

    Similar:Destined
  • confined by bonds

    bound and gagged hostages

    See also:Unfree
  • secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form

    bound volumes

    leather-bound volumes

  • bound by an oath

    a bound official

  • confined in the bowels

    he is bound in the belly

  • bound by contract

    Similar:ApprenticedArticledIndentured
  • held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

Noun

  • the greatest possible degree of something

    what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior

    Type of:Extent
  • a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

    Similar:BounceLeapLeapingSaltationSpring
    Type of:JumpingJump
  • a line determining the limits of an area

    Similar:BoundaryEdge
    Type of:Line
  • the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

    Similar:BoundaryBounds
    Type of:Extremity

Verb

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