Bound - Definition

adj 1: confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant:
unbound]
2: held with another element, substance or material in chemical
or physical union [ant: free]
3: secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining
form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" [ant:
unbound]
4: (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to
happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is
destined to be famous" [syn: bound(p), destined]
5: covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the
back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze" [syn:
bandaged, bound]
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"; "a flight destined for New York"
[syn: bound, destined]
7: bound by an oath; "a bound official"
8: bound by contract [syn: apprenticed, articled, bound,
indentured]
9: confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly"
n 1: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary,
edge, bound]
2: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
[syn: boundary, bound, bounds]
3: the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was
beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of
his ability" [syn: limit, bound, boundary]
4: a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards [syn:
leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce]
v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you
jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, bound,
spring]
2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: bound,
border]
3: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this
parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit,
bound, confine, throttle]
4: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after
they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
ricochet]