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bound

(b/AU/nd )

confined by bonds(adj.all)

Example:
Bound and gagged hostages.

Antonym:
unbound

source: wordnet30
held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union(adj.all)

Antonym:
free

source: wordnet30
secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form(adj.all)

Example:
Bound volumes.
Leather-bound volumes.

source: wordnet30
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.(adjective)

source: webster1913

a line determining the limits of an area(noun.shape)

Synonym:
boundary, edge

source: wordnet30
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something(noun.location)

Synonym:
boundary, bounds

source: wordnet30
the greatest possible degree of something(noun.attribute)

Example:
What he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior.

Synonym:
boundary, limit

source: wordnet30
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards(noun.act)

Synonym:
bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913
A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.(noun)

source: webster1913

Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.(preposition)

source: webster1913

move forward by leaps and bounds(verb.motion)

Example:
The horse bounded across the meadow.

Synonym:
jump, leap, spring

source: wordnet30
form the boundary of; be contiguous to(verb.stative)

Synonym:
border

source: wordnet30
place limits on (extent or access)(verb.change)

Synonym:
confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

source: wordnet30
spring back; spring away from an impact(verb.motion)

Synonym:
bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.(verb)

source: webster1913