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bound

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adjective (1)

ˈbau̇nd How to pronounce bound (audio)
1
a
: fastened by or as if by a band : confined
desk-bound
b
: very likely : sure
bound to rain soon
2
: placed under legal or moral restraint or obligation : obliged
duty-bound
3
of a book : secured to the covers by cords, tapes, or glue
leather-bound
4
: determined, resolved
was bound and determined to have his way
5
: held in chemical or physical combination
6
: made costive (see costive sense 1a) : constipated
7
: always occurring in combination with another linguistic form
un- in unknown and -er in speaker are bound forms
compare free entry 1 sense 11d

bound

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past tense and past participle of bind

bound

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adjective (2)

1
: intending to go : going
bound for home
college-bound
2
archaic : ready

bound

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noun (1)

plural bounds
1
: leap, jump
cleared the hedge at a bound
2
: the action of rebounding : bounce

bound

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verb (1)

bounded; bounding; bounds

intransitive verb

1
: to move by leaping
deer bounding across a field
She bounded down the stairs.
2
: rebound, bounce
a bounding rubber ball

bound

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noun (2)

plural bounds
1
a
: a limiting line : boundary
—usually used in plural
The ball landed out of bounds.
b
: something that limits or restrains
beyond the bounds of decency
police officers overstepping their bound
2
usually bounds
a
: borderland
b
: the land within certain bounds
woodland bounds
3
mathematics : a number greater than or equal to every number in a set (such as the range of a function)
also : a number less than or equal to every number in a set

bound

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verb

bounded; bounding; bounds

transitive verb

1
: to form a separating line or the boundary of : enclose
A chain-link fence bounds the yard.
The state is bounded on its east by the Connecticut River.
2
: to set limits to : confine
art … is always greater than the rules with which we may attempt to bound it C. S. Kilby
3
: to name the boundaries of
Students were asked to bound their state.

Synonyms

Adjective (1)

Noun (1)

Verb (1)

Noun (2)

Verb

Word History

Etymology

Adjective (1)

Middle English bounden, from past participle of binden to bind

Adjective (2)

Middle English boun, from Old Norse būinn, past participle of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to Old High German būan to dwell — more at bower

Noun (1) and Verb (1)

Middle French bond, from bondir to leap, from Vulgar Latin *bombitire to hum, from Latin bombus deep hollow sound — more at bomb entry 1

Noun (2) and Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French bounde, bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina

First Known Use

Adjective (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Adjective (2)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun (1)

circa 1556, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (1)

1593, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of bound was in the 13th century

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