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Bound   /baʊnd/   Listen
Bound

verb
(past & past part. bounded; pres. part. bounding)
1.
Move forward by leaps and bounds.  Synonyms: jump, leap, spring.  "The child leapt across the puddle" , "Can you jump over the fence?"
2.
Form the boundary of; be contiguous to.  Synonym: border.
3.
Place limits on (extent or access).  Synonyms: confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel.  "Limit the time you can spend with your friends"
4.
Spring back; spring away from an impact.  Synonyms: bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.  "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
adjective
1.
Confined by bonds.
2.
Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.
3.
Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form.  "Leather-bound volumes"
4.
(usually followed by 'to') governed by fate.  Synonym: destined.  "An old house destined to be demolished" , "He is destined to be famous"
5.
Covered or wrapped with a bandage.  Synonym: bandaged.  "An injury bound in fresh gauze"
6.
Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students'.  Synonym: destined.  "A flight destined for New York"
7.
Bound by an oath.
8.
Bound by contract.  Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, indentured.
9.
Confined in the bowels.
noun
1.
A line determining the limits of an area.  Synonyms: boundary, edge.
2.
The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.  Synonyms: boundary, bounds.
3.
The greatest possible degree of something.  Synonyms: boundary, limit.  "To the limit of his ability"
4.
A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.  Synonyms: bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring.


Bind

verb
(past bound; past part. bound, formerly bounden; pres. part. binding)
1.
Stick to firmly.  Synonyms: adhere, bond, hold fast, stick, stick to.
2.
Create social or emotional ties.  Synonyms: attach, bond, tie.
3.
Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope.
4.
Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose.  Synonym: bandage.
5.
Secure with or as if with ropes.  Synonyms: tie down, tie up, truss.  "Tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"
6.
Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted.  Synonyms: hold, obligate, oblige.  "I'll hold you by your promise"
7.
Provide with a binding.
8.
Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord.  Synonym: tie.
9.
Form a chemical bond with.
10.
Cause to be constipated.  Synonym: constipate.



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"Bound" Quotes from Famous Books



... administrators. Let us now follow the French Governor of 1666, heading his light-hearted soldiers along the St. Louis road, all on snow-shoes, each man, His Excellency included, carrying on his back from 25 to 30 lbs. of biscuit, &c. The little army is bound towards the frontiers of New Holland (the State of New York) on a 900 miles' tramp (no railroads in those days), in the severest season of the year, to chastise some hostile Indian tribes, after incorporating ...
— Picturesque Quebec • James MacPherson Le Moine
... There had been a hurried packing and the familiar trip across the continent. It was only when she alighted at a border town and after some anxious hours waiting to have her passports vised and her transportation arranged, embarked on the shabby south-bound train on the other side, that Polly fully realized the expedition to ...
— Across the Mesa • Jarvis Hall
... that, I admit, would be bound to draw them together,' said the other. 'But do you think it is quite safe, Jim, this mingling of boys from decent ...
— The Wolf Patrol - A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts • John Finnemore
... portion of the same configuration. Thus the meaning of motion being what it is, in order to describe the motion of any system of objects without changing the meaning of your terms as you proceed with your description, you are bound to take one of these sets of axes as axes of reference; though you may choose their reflections into the space of any time-system which you wish to adopt. A definite physical reason is thereby assigned for the peculiar property of the ...
— The Concept of Nature - The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 • Alfred North Whitehead
... satin, the color of the fir boughs, and her little sandals were green satin, too. A green fir frond bound her forehead; and her black hair hung loose, soft and electric to her waist. Eric had never seen a prettier person in the world, ...
— The Little House in the Fairy Wood • Ethel Cook Eliot


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