bound 1 (bound)intr.v. bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds 1. To leap forward or upward; jump; spring: The dog bounded over the gate.2. To move forward by leaps or springs: The deer bounded into the woods.3. To spring back from a surface; rebound: The basketball bounded off the backboard.n.1. A leap; a jump: The deer was away in a single bound.2. A springing back from a surface after hitting it; a bounce: caught the ball on the bound.[French bondir, to bounce, from Old French, to resound, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bombit?re, from Latin bombit?re, to hum, from bombus, a humming sound, from Greek bombos.]bound 2 (bound)n.1. often bounds A boundary; a limit: Our joy knew no bounds. Your remarks exceed the bounds of reason.2. bounds The territory on, within, or near limiting lines: the bounds of the kingdom.v. bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds v.tr.1. To set a limit to; confine: a high wall that bounded the prison yard; lives that were bounded by poverty.2. To constitute the boundary or limit of: a city park that was bounded by busy streets.3. To identify the boundaries of; demarcate.v.intr. To border on another place, state, or country.Idioms: in/within bounds Sports Within the boundary of a playing field or court and therefore in play or legal. out of bounds1. Sports Outside the boundary of a playing field or court and therefore not in play or legal.2. Outside the boundary of where one is allowed to be; in a forbidden or unauthorized place: The research lab is out of bounds for first-year students.3. In violation of acceptable rules or standards, as of decency: felt the guest’s behavior was out of bounds.[Middle English, from Old French bodne, bonde and Anglo-Norman bunde, both from Medieval Latin bodina, of Celtic origin.]bound 3 (bound)v.Past tense and past participle of bind.adj.1. Confined by bonds; tied: bound hostages.2. Being under legal or moral obligation: bound by my promise.3. Equipped with a cover or binding: bound volumes.4. Predetermined; certain: We’re bound to be late.5. Determined; resolved: Many public policy students are bound to be politicians one day.6. Linguistics Being a form, especially a morpheme, that cannot stand as an independent word, such as a prefix or suffix.7. Constipated.bound 4 (bound)adj. Headed or intending to head in a specified direction: commuters bound for home; a south-bound train.[Alteration of Middle English boun, ready, from Old Norse b?inn, past participle of b?a, to get ready; see bheu?- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.bound (ba?nd) vb the past tense and past participle of bindadj1. in bonds or chains; tied with or as if with a rope: a bound prisoner. 2. (in combination) restricted; confined: housebound; fogbound. 3. (postpositive; foll by an infinitive) destined; sure; certain: it’s bound to happen. 4. (often foll by: by) compelled or obliged to act, behave, or think in a particular way, as by duty, circumstance, or convention5. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (of a book) secured within a cover or binding: to deliver bound books. See also half-bound6. (foll by: on) US resolved; determined: bound on winning. 7. (Phonetics & Phonology) linguistics a. denoting a morpheme, such as the prefix non-, that occurs only as part of another word and not as a separate word in itself. Compare free21b. (in systemic grammar) denoting a clause that has a nonfinite predicator or that is introduced by a binder, and that occurs only together with a freestanding clause. Compare freestanding8. (Logic) logic (of a variable) occurring within the scope of a quantifier that indicates the degree of generality of the open sentence in which the variable occurs: in (x) (Fx ? bxy), x is bound and y is free. See free229. bound up with closely or inextricably linked with: his irritability is bound up with his work. 10. I’ll be bound I am sure (something) is truebound (ba?nd) vb1. to move forwards or make (one’s way) by leaps or jumps2. to bounce; spring away from an impactn3. a jump upwards or forwards4. by leaps and bounds with unexpectedly rapid progess: her condition improved by leaps and bounds. 5. a sudden pronounced sense of excitement: his heart gave a sudden bound when he saw her. 6. a bounce, as of a ball[C16: from Old French bond a leap, from bondir to jump, resound, from Vulgar Latin bombit?re (unattested) to buzz, hum, from Latin bombus booming sound]bound (ba?nd) vb1. (tr) to place restrictions on; limit2. (when: intr, foll by on) to form a boundary of (an area of land or sea, political or administrative region, etc)n3. (Mathematics) maths a. a number which is greater than all the members of a set of numbers (an upper bound), or less than all its members (a lower bound). See also bounded1b. more generally, an element of an ordered set that has the same ordering relation to all the members of a given subsetc. whence, an estimate of the extent of some set4. See bounds[C13: from Old French bonde, from Medieval Latin bodina, of Gaulish origin]bound (ba?nd) adja. (often foll by: for) going or intending to go towards; on the way to: a ship bound for Jamaica; homeward bound. b. (in combination): northbound traffic. [C13: from Old Norse buinn, past participle of b?a to prepare]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014bound1 (ba?nd) v. 1. pt. and pp. of bind. adj. 2. tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner. 3. confined to or by something: bound to one’s desk. 4. made fast as if by a band or bond. 5. secured within a cover, as a book. 6. under a legal or moral obligation. 7. destined or certain: It is bound to happen. 8. determined: He is bound to go. 9. constipated. 10. held with another element or material in chemical or physical union. 11. (of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, never by itself, as most affixes: The -edin seated is a bound form. Compare free (def. 31). 12. (of a variable in logic) occurring within the scope of a quantifier. Compare free (def. 28). bound?ness, n. bound2 (ba?nd) v. 1. to move by leaps; spring. 2. to rebound; bounce. n. 3. a leap onward or upward; jump. 4. a rebound; bounce. [1545?55;
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bound1 (ba?nd) v. 1. pt. and pp. of bind. adj. 2. tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner. 3. confined to or by something: bound to one’s desk. 4. made fast as if by a band or bond. 5. secured within a cover, as a book. 6. under a legal or moral obligation. 7. destined or certain: It is bound to happen. 8. determined: He is bound to go. 9. constipated. 10. held with another element or material in chemical or physical union. 11. (of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, never by itself, as most affixes: The -edin seated is a bound form. Compare free (def. 31). 12. (of a variable in logic) occurring within the scope of a quantifier. Compare free (def. 28). bound?ness, n. bound2 (ba?nd) v. 1. to move by leaps; spring. 2. to rebound; bounce. n. 3. a leap onward or upward; jump. 4. a rebound; bounce. [1545?55;