bound

1. imp. of Bind Source: opted

2. p. p. of Bind Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. v. t. 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. Source: opted

5. v. t. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. Source: opted

6. v. i. 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. Source: opted

7. v. i. To rebound, as an elastic ball. Source: opted

8. v. t. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. Source: opted

9. v. t. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. Source: opted

10. n. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. Source: opted

11. n. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Source: opted

12. n. Spring from one foot to the other. Source: opted

13. imp. & p. p. of Bind. Source: opted

14. p. p. & a. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. Source: opted

15. p. p. & a. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. Source: opted

16. p. p. & a. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. Source: opted

17. p. p. & a. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail. Source: opted

18. p. p. & a. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. Source: opted

19. p. p. & a. Constipated; costive. Source: opted

20. v. 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. Source: opted

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