BOUND
\bˈa͡ʊnd], \bˈaʊnd], \b_ˈaʊ_n_d]\
Definitions of BOUND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
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confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
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secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
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headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"
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bound by an oath; "a bound official"
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confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly"
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held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
By Princeton University
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spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
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(chemistry and physics) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
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confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
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secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
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headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"
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bound by an oath; "a bound official"
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confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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of Bind
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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.
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To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
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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.
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To rebound, as an elastic ball.
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To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
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To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
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A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
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Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
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Spring from one foot to the other.
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imp. & p. p. of Bind.
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Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
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Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
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Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
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Constipated; costive.
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A limit; a boundary.
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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.
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Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; - followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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of Bind
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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.
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To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
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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.
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To rebound, as an elastic ball.
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To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
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To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
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A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
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Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
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Spring from one foot to the other.
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Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
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Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
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Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
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Constipated; costive.
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A limit; a boundary.
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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.
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imp. & p. p. of Bind.
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Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; - followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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of Bind
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To jump or spring suddenly or move in jumps, one after the other; to leap.
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To cause to spring back with elastic motion; to serve as a limit to; to inclose; geographically, to lie alongside of; as, Austria bounds Italy on the north; to name the countries or waters surrounding; as, to bound Italy.
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A leap, spring, or jump; a light elastic step; a limit; extent.
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Tied; restrained; confined; intending to go; on the way; as, bound for France; inclosed in a cover, as a book; compelled; destined.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pa.t. and pa.p. of BIND.
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To set bounds to: to limit, restrain, or surround.
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To spring or leap.
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A spring or leap.
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Ready to go.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To leap lightly; spring; rebound.
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A light elastic spring; a rebound.
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To set bounds to; form the boundary of; adjoin; name the boundaries of.
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That which circumscribes; a boundary.
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The district included within a boundary or limits.
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Imp. & pp. of BIND, v.
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Made fast; tied; confined; compelled.
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Having one's course directed; destined; with for or to.
By James Champlin Fernald
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