bound
adjective
1. confined by bonds
- bound and gagged hostages
Similar word(s): chained, enchained, fettered, shackled, furled, rolled, pinioned, tethered, tied, trussed, wired, unfree
2. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
Similar word(s): conjugate, conjugated
3. secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- bound volumes
- leather-bound volumes
Similar word(s): brassbound, cased, paperback, paperbacked
4. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
- bound to happen
Similar word(s): certain, sure, destined
5. covered or wrapped with a bandage
- an injury bound in fresh gauze
Similar word(s): treated, 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
Similar word(s): orientated, oriented, destined
7. bound by an oath
- a bound official
Similar word(s): sworn
8. bound by contract
Similar word(s): unfree, apprenticed, articled, indentured
9. confined in the bowels
- he is bound in the belly
Similar word(s): constipated
Sentences with bound as an adjective:
- You are not legally bound to reply.
- They were bound to come into conflict eventually.
- Which way are you bound?
- Is that message bound for me?
noun
1. a line determining the limits of an area
Similar word(s): boundary, edge
Definition categories: shape, line
2. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
Similar word(s): boundary, bounds
Definition categories: location, extremity
3. the greatest possible degree of something
- what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
Similar word(s): boundary, limit
Definition categories: attribute, extent
4. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Similar word(s): bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring
Definition categories: act, jump, jumping
Sentences with bound as a noun:
- I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.
- Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.
- The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.
verb
1. move forward by leaps and bounds
- The horse bounded across the meadow
Similar word(s): jump, leap, spring
Definition categories: motion, move
2. form the boundary of; be contiguous to
Similar word(s): border
Definition categories: stative, confine, enclose
3. place limits on (extent or amount or access)
Similar word(s): confine, limit, restrict, throttle, trammel
Definition categories: change
4. spring back; spring away from an impact
Similar word(s): bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring
Definition categories: motion, bound, jump, leap, spring
Sentences with bound as a verb:
- I bound the splint to my leg.
- I had bound the splint with duct tape.
- France, Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra bound Spain.
- Kansas is bounded by Nebraska on the north, Missouri on the east, Oklahoma on the south and Colorado on the west.
- The rabbit bounded down the lane.
- a rubber ball bounds on the floor
- to bound a ball on the floor