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bound

[ UK /bˈa‍ʊnd/ ]
[ US /ˈbaʊnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. covered or wrapped with a bandage
    an injury bound in fresh gauze
    the bandaged wound on the back of his head
  2. headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
    a flight destined for New York
    children bound for school
  3. confined in the bowels
    he is bound in the belly
  4. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
  5. bound by contract
  6. confined by bonds
    bound and gagged hostages
  7. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
    he is destined to be famous
    an old house destined to be demolished
    bound to happen
  8. bound by an oath
    a bound official
  9. secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
    bound volumes
    leather-bound volumes
VERB
  1. spring back; spring away from an impact
    The rubber ball bounced
    These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
  2. move forward by leaps and bounds
    The horse bounded across the meadow
    The child leapt across the puddle
    Can you jump over the fence?
  3. place limits on (extent or amount or access)
    limit the time you can spend with your friends
    restrict the use of this parking lot
  4. form the boundary of; be contiguous to
NOUN
  1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
  2. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
  3. the greatest possible degree of something
    to the limit of his ability
    what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
  4. a line determining the limits of an area
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How To Use bound In A Sentence

  • The ball rebounded from/off the wall into the pond.
  • Either the recession is biting harder than I had realised or a lot of people are confused about the boundaries between fact and fiction.
  • One of the nastiest is the way in which male honour is seen as bound up with female behaviour so that any supposed compromise or scandal in what happens to women, even becoming a rape victim, justifies violence against them as well as against their abusers or seducers; hence the 'honour killings' of young girls that disfigure some societies even today. Temple Address: "Becoming Trustworthy: Respect and Self-Respect" Church House
  • Second, if a Palestinian state is recognized along the 1967 lines in point of fact, nothing more than the 1949 armistice lines, this undermines UN Security Council Resolution 242 and 338 and the Camp David Accords, which call for a negotiated outcome and do not predetermine final boundaries. David Harris: Support Peace: Oppose Palestinian UN Gambit
  • Instead, the thin sandy developments defining the sequence boundaries suggest sandy sabkhas and sand sheets supplied by this undersaturated wind system and only preserved as a consequence of renewed lake-level rise.
  • You captain the dream team of smart thinkers that shine with self-confidence and boundless energy. The Sun
  • I am sure his daughter in ice-bound Toronto appreciates a diary that provides useful information like when Vesak Day is.
  • Regin downshifted, tires squealing as she swerved to dodge a roadkill-bound possum. Dreams of a Dark Warrior
  • It was a day for the children who were special in some way and also for their loving parents who showered them with constant attention and unbounded affection.
  • We must unite beyond the boundaries of race, class, belief systems and age that all too often divide us.
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