bound
IPA: bˈaʊnd
noun
- (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
- (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
- A sizeable jump, great leap.
- A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
- (dated) A bounce; a rebound.
- A surname.
verb
- To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
- (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
- (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
- (transitive) To cause to leap.
- (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.
- (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
adjective
- (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
- (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
- (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
- (dated) Constipated; costive.
- Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
- Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
- (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
- Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
- (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
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