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Meaning of BOUND in English

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    Meaning of BOUND in English

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    • of Bind
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
    • 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.
    • To rebound, as an elastic ball.
    • To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
    • To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
    • A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
    • Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
    • Spring from one foot to the other.
    • imp. & p. p. of Bind.
    • Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
    • Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
    • Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
    • Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
    • Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
    • Constipated; costive.
    • 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.

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