- bound⇄adj. 1. under some obligation; obliged.
Ex. I feel bound by my promise. It is better to love than to hate, to question than to accept, to be free than to be bound (Mardi Valgemae).
2. certain; sure.
Ex. Everyone is bound to make a mist - bound⇄bound (1), adjective, verb.
- bound⇄bound (2), verb, noun.
- bound⇄bound (3), noun, verb.
- bound⇄bound (4), adjective.
on the way; going.
Ex. I am bound for home. He entered a train bound for Chicago. - bound⇄expr. beat the bounds, to tour the limits of a parish, in procession, striking the boundary markers with boughs, as a ceremony calling attention to the proper boundaries.
Ex. Beating the bounds is an old English custom. - bound⇄expr. bound up in (or with),
a. closely connected with.
Ex. A farmer's life is bound up in his work.
b. very devoted to.
Ex. The old friends are completely bound up in each other. - bound⇄expr. bounds,
a. land on or near a boundary.
Ex. He warned them against trespassing a second time on his bounds.
b. the area included within boundaries, especially as established by rule, custom, or law.
Ex. He kicked the ball o - bound⇄expr. perambulate the bounds, to make an official inspection of the boundaries of a town, traditionally the jurisdiction of town governments in New England.
- bound⇄noun 1. a spring back; a bounce; rebound.
Ex. I caught the ball on the first bound.
2. a leaping or springing lightly along; jump.
Ex. The deer's bound over the ice sounded like breaking glass.
3. a leap or spring upward or onwa - bound⇄noun 1. Often, bounds, pl.
a limiting line; boundary; limit.
Ex. The king maintained peace and order within the bound of his realm. (Figurative.) Keep your hopes within bounds.
(SYN) border, confine.
1. (Mathematics.) a number - bound⇄v.i. to share a boundary; have its boundary (on).
Ex. They bound on us between two and three thousand miles (Thomas Jefferson).
(SYN) abut, adjoin. - bound⇄v.i. 1. to spring back; bounce; rebound.
Ex. The rubber ball bounded from the wall.
2. to leap or spring lightly along; jump.
Ex. Mountain goats can bound from rock to rock.
3. to leap or spring upward.
Ex. to bound into t - bound⇄v.t. to cause to bound or rebound; bounce.
- bound⇄v.t. 1a. to form the boundary of; limit.
Ex. Canada bounds the United States on the north. A line of blue hills that bounded the landscape (Washington Irving).
b. (Figurative:)
Ex. He was forced to bound his desires by reason.
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