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    bound
    [bound]
    verb
    bound (verb) · bounds (third person present) · bounded (past tense) · bounded (past participle) · bounding (present participle)
    1. walk or run with leaping strides:
      "Louis came bounding down the stairs" · "the dog bounded up to him"
      • (of an object, typically a round one) rebound from a surface:
        "bullets bounded off the veranda"
    noun
    bound (noun) · bounds (plural noun)
    1. a leaping movement upward:
      "I went up the steps in two effortless bounds"
    Origin
    early 16th century (as a noun): from French bond (noun), bondir (verb) ‘resound’, later ‘rebound’, from late Latin bombitare, from Latin bombus ‘humming’.
    bound
    [bound]
    noun
    (bounds)
    bounds (plural noun) · bound (noun)
    1. a territorial limit; a boundary:
      "the ancient bounds of the forest"
      • a limitation or restriction on feeling or action:
        "it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the issue could arise again" · "enthusiasm to join the union knew no bounds"
      • technical
        a limiting value:
        "an upper bound on each modulus"
    verb
    (be bounded)
    bound (verb) · bounds (third person present) · bounded (past tense) · bounded (past participle) · bounding (present participle)
    1. form the boundary of; enclose:
      "the ground was bounded by a main road on one side and a meadow on the other"
      • place within certain limits; restrict:
        "freedom of action is bounded by law"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the senses ‘landmark’ and ‘borderland’): from Old French bodne, from medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina, of unknown ultimate origin.
    bound
    [bound]
    adjective
    bound (adjective)
    1. going or ready to go toward a specified place:
      "the three moon-bound astronauts" · "trains bound for Chicago"
      • destined or likely to have a specified experience:
        "they were bound for disaster"
    Origin
    Middle English boun (in the sense ‘ready, dressed’), from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa ‘get ready’; the final -d is euphonic, or influenced by bound.
    bound
    [bound]
    verb
    bound (past tense)
    1. past and past participle of bind
    adjective
    bound (adjective)
    1. certain to do or have something:
      "there is bound to be a change of plan"
      • obliged by law, circumstances, or duty to do something:
        "I'm bound to do what I can to help Sam" · "I'm bound to say that I'm not sure"
    2. restricted or confined to a specified place:
      "his job kept him city-bound"
      • prevented from operating normally by the specified conditions:
        "blizzard-bound Boston"
    3. (of a book) having a specified binding:
      "fine leather-bound books"
    4. linguistics
      (of a morpheme) unable to occur alone, e.g., dis- in dismount.
    5. constipated.
    bind
    [bīnd]
    verb
    bound (past tense) · bound (past participle)
    1. tie or fasten (something) tightly:
      "the logs were bound together with ropes" · "the magician bound her wrists with a silk scarf"
      • restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet:
        "the raider then bound and gagged Mr. Glenn"
      • wrap (something) tightly:
        "her hair was bound up in a towel"
      • bandage (a wound):
        "he cleaned the wound and bound it up with a clean dressing" · "they bound his wounds as best they could, using pieces of fabric ripped from their shirts"
      • (be bound with)
        (of an object) be encircled by something, typically metal bands, so as to have greater strength:
        "an ancient oak chest bound with brass braces"
    2. cohere or cause to cohere in a single mass:
      "mix the flour with the coconut and enough egg white to bind them" · "clay is made up chiefly of tiny soil particles that bind together tightly"
      • cause (painting pigments) to form a smooth medium by mixing them with oil:
        "use a white that is bound in linseed oil"
      • hold by chemical bonding:
        "a protein in a form that can bind DNA"
    3. cause (people) to feel united:
      "it's music that has bound us together" · "we have many ties that bind us—historical, cultural, and economical"
    4. impose a legal or contractual obligation on:
      "a party who signs a document will normally be bound by its terms"
      • (be bound by)
        be hampered or constrained by:
        "Sarah did not want to be bound by a rigid timetable"
      • formal
        (bind oneself)
        make a contractual or enforceable undertaking:
        "the government cannot bind itself as to the form of subsequent legislation"
      • secure (a contract), typically with a sum of money.
      • indenture (someone) as an apprentice:
        "he was bound apprentice at the age of sixteen"
    5. fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover:
      "a small, fat volume, bound in red morocco"
    6. trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip:
      "a ruffle with the edges bound in a contrasting color"
    7. logic
      (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope.
    8. linguistics
      (of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases).
    Origin
    Old English bindan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German binden, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit bandh.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    verb
    1. walk or run with leaping strides:
      leap
      jump
      spring
      bounce
      hop
      vault
      hurdle
      skip
      bob
      dance
      prance
      romp
      caper
      cavort
      sport
      frisk
      frolic
      gambol
      gallop
      hurtle
      curvet
      rollick
      capriole
      noun
      1. a leaping movement upward:
        leap
        jump
        spring
        bounce
        hop
        vault
        hurdle
        curvet
        capriole
      noun
      1. a territorial limit; a boundary:
        borders
        boundaries
        confines
        limits
        extremities
        margins
        edges
        fringes
        marches
        periphery
        perimeter
        circumference
        compass
        precinct
        pale
        outer limits
      verb
      1. form the boundary of; enclose:
        enclose
        surround
        encircle
        circle
        ring
        circumscribe
        border
        close in
        hem in
        lock in
        cut off
        hedge in
        wall in
        fence in
      adjective
      1. certain to do or have something:
        certain
        sure
        guaranteed
        destined
        predestined
        fated
        nailed on
        very likely
      verb
      1. tie or fasten (something) tightly:
        tie
        tie up
        hold together
        secure
        attach
        rope
        strap
        lash
        truss
        tether
        hitch
        chain
        fetter
        pinion
        shackle
        hobble
        moor
        fasten (together)
        make fast
        Opposite:
        untie
        release
      2. cohere or cause to cohere in a single mass:
        stick
        cohere
        • cause (people) to feel united:
          unite
          join
          bond
          knit together
          draw together
          yoke together
          Opposite:
          separate
        • trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip:
          trim
          hem
          edge
          border
          fringe
          rim
          band
          finish
          purfle
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