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Definition of Bound
Pronunciation: bound | n. | 1. | 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. | | v. t. | 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. | | 2. | To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. | | v. i. | 1. | | | 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. | | 2. | To rebound, as an elastic ball. | | v. t. | 1. | To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. | | 2. | To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. | | n. | 1. | A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. | | 2. | Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. | | 3. | (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other. | | imp. & p. | 1. | imp. & p. p. of Bind. | | 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. | | 6. | Constipated; costive. | | a. | 1. | 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. |
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