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bound > 17 senses
ADJECTIVE	1	bound	Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
	2	bound	Confined by bonds
	3	bound	Secured with a cover or binding
	4	bound, destined	(usually followed by `to') governed by fate
	5	bound, bandaged	Covered or wrapped with a bandage
	6	bound, destined	Headed or intending to head in a certain direction
	7	bound	Bound by an oath
	8	bound, apprenticed, articled, indentured	Bound by contract
	9	bound	Confined in the bowels
NOUN	1	bound, boundary, edge	A line determining the limits of an area
	2	bound, boundary, bounds	The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
	3	bound, limit, boundary	The greatest possible degree of something
	4	bound, leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bounce	A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
VERB	1	bound, jump, leap, spring	Move forward by leaps and bounds
	2	bound, border	Form the boundary of
	3	bound, restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, confine, throttle	Place limits on (extent or access)
	4	bound, bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet	Spring back

bound > pronunciation
Sounds	baw'nd
Rhymes	abound, aground, around, and 53 more rhymes in awnd...

bound > adjective 1
Meaning	Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.
Contrary	free
Similar	conjugate, conjugated; conjugate, conjugated
Category	chemistry, chemical science; physics, physical science, natural philosophy

bound > adjective 2
Meaning	Confined by bonds.
Examples	"bound and gagged hostages"
Contrary	unbound
Similar	chained, enchained, in chains; fettered, in bonds, in fetters, shackled; furled, rolled; pinioned; tethered; trussed, tied; wired
See also	unfree

bound > adjective 3
Meaning	Secured with a cover or binding. Often used as a combining form.
Examples	"bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
Contrary	unbound
Similar	brassbound; cased; half-bound; paperback, paperbacked; well-bound

bound > adjective 4
Meaning	(usually followed by `to') governed by fate.
Examples	"bound to happen"
Synonyms	destined
Similar to	certain, sure

bound > adjective 5
Meaning	Covered or wrapped with a bandage.
Examples	"an injury bound in fresh gauze"
Synonyms	bandaged
Similar to	treated

bound > adjective 6
Meaning	Headed or intending to head in a certain direction. Often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'.
Examples	"children bound for school"
Synonyms	destined
Similar to	oriented, orientated

bound > adjective 7
Meaning	Bound by an oath.
Examples	"a bound official"
Similar to	sworn

bound > adjective 8
Meaning	Bound by contract.
Synonyms	apprenticed, articled, indentured
Similar to	unfree

bound > adjective 9
Meaning	Confined in the bowels.
Examples	"he is bound in the belly"
Similar to	constipated

bound > noun 1, shape
Meaning	A line determining the limits of an area.
Synonyms	boundary, edge
Broader	line
Narrower	rim; margin, border, perimeter; periphery, fringe, outer boundary; brink, threshold, verge; upper bound; lower bound; thalweg
Verbs	bound; bound

bound > noun 2, location
Meaning	The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.
Synonyms	boundary, bounds
Broader	extremity
Narrower	hairline; frontier; heliopause; boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete; bourn, bourne; district line; county line; city line; edge, border; end; limit, demarcation, demarcation line; outline, lineation; surface; shoreline
Instances	Rubicon; Mohorovicic discontinuity, Moho
Verbs	bound; bound

bound > noun 3, attribute
Meaning	The greatest possible degree of something.
Examples	"what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"
Synonyms	limit, boundary
Broader	extent
Narrower	knife-edge; starkness, absoluteness, utterness; thermal barrier, heat barrier; utmost, uttermost, maximum, level best; verge, brink

bound > noun 4, act
Meaning	A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.
Synonyms	leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bounce
Broader	jump, jumping
Narrower	caper, capriole; pounce
Verbs	bound; bound

bound > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Move forward by leaps and bounds.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
Examples	"The horse bounded across the meadow"
Synonyms	jump, leap, spring
Caused by	jump, leap
Broader	move
Narrower	pronk; bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet; burst; bounce; capriole; galumph; ski jump; saltate; vault; leapfrog; vault, overleap; curvet; hop, skip, hop-skip; caper; hop
Nouns	bounder; bound

bound > verb 2, stative
Meaning	Form the boundary of. Be contiguous to.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	border
Broader	enclose, hold in, confine
Narrower	skirt; verge; shore
Nouns	boundary, bound; boundary, bound

bound > verb 3, change
Meaning	Place limits on (extent or access).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
Synonyms	restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, confine, throttle
Broader	control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Narrower	reduce, tighten; tie; gate; draw the line, draw a line; mark off, mark out; rule, harness, rein; baffle, regulate; hamper, halter, cramp, strangle; stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain; clamp down, crack down; inhibit; restrain, encumber, cumber, constrain
Nouns	bound; bound

bound > verb 4, motion
Meaning	Spring back. Spring away from an impact.
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Synonyms	bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
Broader	jump, leap, bound, spring
Narrower	kick back, recoil, kick; skip, bound off; carom, glance
Nouns	bound

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