bound

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of bind

Adj

1. (not-comparable, with-infinitive) Obliged (to).
2. (not-comparable) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
3. (not-comparable) Constrained by a quantifier.
4. (dated, not-comparable) Constipated; costive.
5. (not-comparable) Confined or restricted to a certain place.
6. (not-comparable) Unable to move in certain conditions.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
2. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
3. (with-infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to

Noun

1. (often) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
2. A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.

Noun

1. A sizeable jump, great leap.
2. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
3. (dated) A bounce; a rebound.

bind

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Synonyms

leap

jump

spring

limit

tied

boundary

bounce

fastened

skip

hop

border

confine

vault

restrict

fettered

obliged

frontier

destined

recoil

edge

line

start

bandaged

delimit

circumscribe

prance

rebound

saltation

obligated

indentured

tied up

confined

ricochet

gambol

vaulting

restricted

restrain

reverberate

resile

momentum

caught

might

apprenticed

capriole

bolt

joined

leaping

limited

pinioned

bourne

Translations

limite

limite

grens

limite

límite

sauter

fronteira

borne

limitar

Grenze

saut

bondir

bond

frontière

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbaʊnd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: bound

Inherited from Old English:

Inherited from Middle English: bounde

Inherited from Middle English: bounden

Inherited from Middle English: *bounden

In summary

From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.