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bound
/ˈbaʊ̯nd/
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What does bound mean?
verb
- simple past and past participle of bind
adjective
- Obliged (to).
- That cannot stand alone as a free word.
More meanings (19)
adjective
- Constrained by a quantifier.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place.
- Unable to move in certain conditions.
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- Very likely (to), certain to
- (dated) Constipated; costive.
- (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
noun
- A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- (dated) A bounce; a rebound.
verb
- To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- To be the bound of.
- To leap, move by jumping.
- To cause to leap.
- (dated) To rebound; to bounce.
- (dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbaʊ̯nd/
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In the pages of books
See this word in context.
With a bound I sprang to the bars of the window opposite us, and took a quick survey of the scene without.
This crude arrangement he bound over the youth’s head, tying the ends in a queer knot at the back of the neck.
More book examples (3)
“Tom, I don’t like to fool around much where there’s dead people. A body’s bound to get into trouble with ’em, sure.”
To England, therefore, I was bound, and it was understood that my union with Elizabeth should take place immediately on my return.
Who could have bound the lamb to the wolf, and, what was still more incomprehensible, have attached the wolf to the lamb?