Definition of Bound

Adjective: bound  bawnd

1. Confined by bonds
   "bound and gagged hostages"
    
2. (physics) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
    
3. Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
   "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
    
4. (usually followed by 'to') governed by fate
   "bound to happen";
   - destined
    
5. Covered or wrapped with a bandage
   "an injury bound in fresh gauze";
   - bandaged
    
6. Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students'
   "children bound for school";
   - destined
    
7. Bound by an oath
   "a bound official"
    
8. Bound by contract
   - apprenticed, articled, indentured
    
9. Confined in the bowels
   "he is bound in the belly"

Verb: bound  bawnd

1. Move forward by leaps and bounds
   "The horse bounded across the meadow";
   - jump, leap, spring
    
2. Form the boundary of; be contiguous to
   - border
    
3. Place limits on (extent or access)
   - restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, confine, throttle
    
4. Move back in a roughly opposite direction after an impact
   "The rubber ball bounded";
   - bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet

Noun: bound  bawnd

1. A line determining the limits of an area
   - boundary, edge
    
2. The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
   - boundary, bounds
    
3. The greatest possible degree of something
   "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behaviour";
   - limit, boundary
    
4. A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
   - leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bounce

Verb: bind (bound)  bInd

1. Remain stuck to; keep in place
   "Will this wallpaper bind to the wall?";
   - adhere, hold fast, bond, stick, stick to
    
2. Create social or emotional ties
   - tie, attach, bond
    
3. Make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope
   "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women"
    
4. Wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
   - bandage
    
5. Secure with (or as if with) ropes in order to prevent movement or escape
   "bind the prisoners";
   - tie down, tie up, truss
    
6. Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
   "He's bound by a contract";
   - oblige, hold, obligate
    
7. Provide with a binding
   "bind the books in leather"
    
8. Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord
   "They bound their victim to the chair";
   - tie
    
9. (chemistry) form a chemical bond with
   "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
    
10. Cause to be constipated
    "These foods tend to bind you";
    - constipate
     
11. (computing) associate an identifier with a value or object

See also:
bouncy
boundable

Anagrams containing the word bound

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