Definitions for bounded

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bounded bound·ed

Spelling: [boun-did]

IPA: /ˈbaʊn dɪd/

Bounded is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 108 anagrams from letters in bounded (bddenou).

Definitions for bounded

noun

1. a leap onward or upward; jump.
2. a rebound; bounce.
3. Usually, bounds. limit or boundary:
4. something that limits, confines, or restrains.
5. bounds. territories on or near a boundary. land within boundary lines.
6. Mathematics. a number greater than or equal to, or less than or equal to, all the numbers in a given set. Compare greatest lower bound, least upper bound, lower bound, upper bound.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bind.

Idioms

1. bound up in / with, inseparably connected with. devoted or attached to:
2. out of bounds, beyond the official boundaries, prescribed limits, or restricted area: forbidden; prohibited:

adjective

1. having bounds or limits.
2. Mathematics. (of a function) having a range with an upper bound and a lower bound. (of a sequence) having the absolute value of each term less than or equal to some specified positive number. (of the variation of a function) having the variation less than a positive number.
3. tied; in bonds:
4. made fast as if by a band or bond:
5. secured within a cover, as a book.
6. under a legal or moral obligation:
7. destined; sure; certain:
8. determined or resolved:
9. Pathology. constipated.
10. Mathematics. (of a vector) having a specified initial point as well as magnitude and direction. Compare free (def 32).
11. held with another element, substance, or material in chemical or physical union.
12. (of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, as most affixes. Compare free (def 35).

verb (used with object)

1. to limit by or as if by bounds; keep within limits or confines.
2. to form the boundary or limit of.
3. to name or list the boundary of.

verb (used without object)

1. to move by leaps; leap; jump; spring:
2. to rebound, as a ball; bounce:
3. to abut.

Origin of bounded

First recorded in 1590-1600; bound³ + -ed²

Examples for bounded

He tried to climb a cliff that of old he had often bounded up at full speed.

Terlake fell short, crashed in among the oars, and bounded off into the sea.

Everything changed, however, when Michele Bachmann bounded onto the main stage.

He bounded away, but his pet hounds sprang at him and caught him.

The whole domain of law and judging was bounded, in Bork's view, by a like sense of responsibility.

She bounded about in the sun and chased the blue and yellow butterflies.

The peninsula is an open area of meadows and wood thickets, bounded to north and south by the Lake.

I was gazing idly at the footpath opposite, which is bounded by the Luxembourg railings.

It seems as if at every turn, the governments involved have actively, even joyously, bounded towards the worst possible decision.

To mark the occasion, the two bounded up on stage to the tune of “The Boys Are Back in Town.”