Definitions for Bound
Bound
bound
Spelling: [bound]
IPA: /baʊnd/
Bound is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 48 anagrams from letters in Bound (bdnou).
Definitions for Bound
noun
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a leap onward or upward; jump.
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a rebound; bounce.
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Usually, bounds. limit or boundary:
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something that limits, confines, or restrains.
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bounds.
territories on or near a boundary.
land within boundary lines.
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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.
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the act or process of binding; the state or instance of being bound.
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something that binds.
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Music. a tie, slur, or brace.
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Falconry. the act of binding prey in flight.
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Informal. a difficult situation or predicament:
verb
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simple past tense and past participle of bind.
Idioms
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bound up in / with,
inseparably connected with.
devoted or attached to:
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out of bounds,
beyond the official boundaries, prescribed limits, or restricted area:
forbidden; prohibited:
adjective
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tied; in bonds:
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made fast as if by a band or bond:
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secured within a cover, as a book.
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under a legal or moral obligation:
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destined; sure; certain:
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determined or resolved:
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Pathology. constipated.
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Mathematics. (of a vector) having a specified initial point as well as magnitude and direction.
Compare free (def 32).
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held with another element, substance, or material in chemical or physical union.
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(of a linguistic form) occurring only in combination with other forms, as most affixes.
Compare free (def 35).
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going or intending to go; on the way to; destined (usually followed by for):
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Archaic. prepared; ready.
Verb phrases
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bind off, Textiles. to loop (one stitch) over another in making an edge on knitted fabric.
verb (used with object)
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to limit by or as if by bounds; keep within limits or confines.
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to form the boundary or limit of.
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to name or list the boundary of.
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to fasten or secure with a band or bond.
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to encircle with a band or ligature:
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to swathe or bandage (often followed by up):
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to fasten around; fix in place by girding:
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to tie up (anything, as sheaves of grain).
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to cause to cohere:
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to unite by any legal or moral tie:
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to hold to a particular state, place, employment, etc.:
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to place under obligation or compulsion (usually used passively):
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Law. to put under legal obligation, as to keep the peace or appear as a witness (often followed by over):
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to make compulsory or obligatory:
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to fasten or secure within a cover, as a book:
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to cover the edge of, as for protection or ornament:
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(of clothing) to chafe or restrict (the wearer):
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Medicine/Medical. to hinder or restrain (the bowels) from their natural operations; constipate.
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to indenture as an apprentice (often followed by out):
verb (used without object)
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to move by leaps; leap; jump; spring:
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to rebound, as a ball; bounce:
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to abut.
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to become compact or solid; cohere.
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to be obligatory:
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to chafe or restrict, as poorly fitting garments:
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to stick fast, as a drill in a hole.
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Falconry. (of a hawk) to grapple or grasp prey firmly in flight.
Origin of Bound
past participle and past tense of bind
Examples for Bound
I knew those fellows inside were bound to hammer it down if they could.
From 2012 to 2013, 31 men left Aarhus bound for combat in Syria.
Moreover, Master Hansen bound, as well as printed his books.
I am holding in my hand a book, bound in black “genuine top-grain” leather.
bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.
That is bound to put a dent in public confidence in the police.
But, bound as he was, we can understand why they looked in vain.
I am bound to him by ties stronger than usually bind the hearts of women.
That act forever sealed his feeling for the Chief, bound it up with the war, with violence, with the gun.
I don't want to trouble him, but I was bound he shouldn't keep from me what was rightly my due.