BOUND

bound

(adjective) confined by bonds; “bound and gagged hostages”

bound

(adjective) secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; “bound volumes”; “leather-bound volumes”

bound

(adjective) confined in the bowels; “he is bound in the belly”

bound

(adjective) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured

(adjective) bound by contract

bound, destined

(adjective) headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’; “children bound for school”; “a flight destined for New York”

bandaged, bound

(adjective) covered or wrapped with a bandage; “the bandaged wound on the back of his head”; “an injury bound in fresh gauze”

bound

(adjective) bound by an oath; “a bound official”

leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce

(noun) a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

limit, bound, boundary

(noun) the greatest possible degree of something; “what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior”; “to the limit of his ability”

boundary, bound, bounds

(noun) the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

boundary, edge, bound

(noun) a line determining the limits of an area

restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

(verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access); “restrict the use of this parking lot”; “limit the time you can spend with your friends”

bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

(verb) spring back; spring away from an impact; “The rubber ball bounced”; “These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”

jump, leap, bound, spring

(verb) move forward by leaps and bounds; “The horse bounded across the meadow”; “The child leapt across the puddle”; “Can you jump over the fence?”

bound, border

(verb) form the boundary of; be contiguous to

BIND

constipate, bind

(verb) cause to be constipated; “These foods tend to constipate you”

bind

(verb) form a chemical bond with; “The hydrogen binds the oxygen”

oblige, bind, hold, obligate

(verb) bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; “He’s held by a contract”; “I’ll hold you by your promise”

tie, bind

(verb) fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; “They tied their victim to the chair”

bind

(verb) make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; “The Chinese would bind the feet of their women”

bind, bandage

(verb) wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

bind

(verb) provide with a binding; “bind the books in leather”

adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to

(verb) stick to firmly; “Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?”

bind, tie, attach, bond

(verb) create social or emotional ties; “The grandparents want to bond with the child”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Verb

bound

simple past tense and past participle of bind

Adjective

bound (not comparable)

(with infinitive) Obliged (to).

(linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.

(mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.

(dated) Constipated; costive.

Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.

Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.

Antonyms

• (logic: constrained by a quantifier): free

Hyponyms

• dynamic-bound

• fogbound

• inbound

• late-bound

• outbound

• railbound

• snowbound

• soulbound

• strikebound

• timebound, time-bound

• weatherbound

• weather-bound

• wheelchair-bound

• wheelchairbound

Etymology 2

Adjective

bound (comparative more bound, superlative most bound)

(obsolete) Ready, prepared.

Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

(with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to

Etymology 3

Noun

bound (plural bounds)

(often, used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

(mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.

Etymology 4

Verb

bound (third-person singular simple present bounds, present participle bounding, simple past and past participle bounded)

To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

(mathematics) To be the boundary of.

Etymology 5

Noun

bound (plural bounds)

A sizeable jump, great leap.

A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

(dated) A bounce; a rebound.

Verb

bound (third-person singular simple present bounds, present participle bounding, simple past and past participle bounded)

(intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.

(transitive) To cause to leap.

(intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.

(transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

Anagrams

• Dubon

Source: Wiktionary

Bound, n. Etym: [OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne, F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf. Bourne.]

Definition: 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. He hath compassed the waters with bounds. Job xxvi. 10. On earth's remotest bounds. Campbell. And mete the bounds of hate and love. Tennyson. To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.

Syn.

– See Boundary.

Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding.]

1. 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. Where full measure only bounds excess. Milton. Phlegethon . . . Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds. Dryden.

2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.

Bound, v. i. Etym: [F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a humming, buzzing. See Bomb.]

1. 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. Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. Pope. And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider. Byron.

2. To rebound, as an elastic ball.

Bound, v. t.

1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.] Shak.

2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. [Collog.]

Bound, n.

1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth.

2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Johnson.

3. (Dancing)

Definition: Spring from one foot to the other.

Bound,

Definition: imp. & p. p. of Bind.

Bound, p. p. & a.

1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.

2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.

3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.

5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]

6. Constipated; costive.

Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc. Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.

– Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.

Bound, a. Etym: [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun ready, prepared, fr. Icel. bü, p. p. of büaboor and bower. See Bond, a., and cf. Busk, v.]

Definition: 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. "The mariner bound homeward." Cowper.

BIND

Bind, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] Etym: [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. (for ) cable, and L. offendix. sq. root90.]

1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams. He bindeth the floods from overflowing. Job xxviii. 11. Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. Luke xiii. 16.

3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.

4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.

5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.

6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. Milton.

9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service. To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.

– To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.

– To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.

Syn.

– To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.

Bind, v. i.

1. To tie; to confine by any ligature. They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.

2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. Mortimer.

3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.

4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. Locke.

Bind, n.

1. That which binds or ties.

2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.

3. (Metal.)

Definition: Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan.

4. (Mus.)

Definition: A ligature or tie for grouping notes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

BOUND

BIND

Etymology 1

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Adjective

Antonyms

Hyponyms

Etymology 2

Adjective

Etymology 3

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Etymology 4

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Etymology 5

Noun

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Anagrams

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