bound

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[[t]baʊnd[/t]]

v.

1) pt. and pp. of bind

2) tied; in bonds:

a bound prisoner[/ex]

3) cvb confined to or by something:

bound to one's desk[/ex]

4) made fast as if by a band or bond

5) secured within a cover, as a book

6) law under a legal or moral obligation

7) destined or certain:

It is bound to happen[/ex]

8) determined:

He is bound to go[/ex]

9) pat constipated

10) chem. phs held with another element or material in chemical or physical union

11) ling. (of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, never by itself, as most affixes: The -ed in seated is a bound form

Compare free 31)

12) pho (of a variable in logic) occurring within the scope of a quantifier

Compare free 28) bound′ness, n. II

bound

[[t]baʊnd[/t]] v.

1) to move by leaps; spring

2) to rebound; bounce

3) a leap onward or upward; jump

4) a rebound; bounce

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Etymology: 1545–55; < MF bond a leap, bondir to leap bound′ing•ly, adv. III

bound

[[t]baʊnd[/t]] n.

1) Usu., bounds. limit or boundary:

within the bounds of reason[/ex]

2) something that limits, confines, or restrains

3) bounds

a) territories on or near a boundary

b) land within boundary lines

4) math. a number greater than or equal to, or less than or equal to, all the numbers in a given set:

greatest lower bound[/ex]

5) to limit by or as if by bounds

6) to form the boundary or limit of

7) to name or list the boundaries of

8) to abut

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- out of bounds

Etymology: 1175–1225; ME bounde < AF; OF bone, bonde, var. of bodne < ML budina, of uncert. orig.; cf. bourn II bound′a•ble, adj. IV

bound

[[t]baʊnd[/t]] adj.

1) going or intending to go; destined (usu. fol. by for):

The train is bound for Denver[/ex]

2) archaic prepared; ready

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Etymology: 1150–1200; ME b(o) un ready < ON būinn, ptp. of būa to get ready