English Explanatory Dictionary

bound

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of bind
adj
  1. Obliged (to).
  2. That cannot stand alone as a free word.
  3. Constrained by a quantifier.
  4. Constipated; costive.
  5. Confined or restricted to a certain place.
  6. Unable to move in certain conditions.
adj
  1. Ready, prepared.
  2. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
  3. Very likely (to), certain to
noun
  1. A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
  2. A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
verb
  1. To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
  2. To be the bound of.
noun
  1. A sizeable jump, great leap.
  2. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
  3. A bounce; a rebound.
verb
  1. To leap, move by jumping.
  2. To cause to leap.
  3. To rebound; to bounce.
  4. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbaʊ̯nd/ en-us-bound.ogg /ˈbæʊ̯nd/ /ˈbaːnd/ /ˈbʊnd/ /ˈbuːnd/

Word forms

bound bownd more bound most bound bounds bounding bounded

Etymology

From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.

Synonyms

lollop

Antonyms

free

Related words

data-bound early-bound bound to I'll be bound I dare be bound

Derived words

airbound antibound barkbound bedbound boatbound boundation bound bailiff bound form bound morpheme boundness bound property bound state boundstone bound termineme bound up bound water brassbound browbound calfbound casebound cellbound chairbound cliffbound clothbound cobound colourbound couchbound cropbound deathbound deskbound dreambound firbound flexibound footbound frostbound full-bound half-bound handbound hardbound hidebound homebound hoofbound horsebound housebound icebound imbound ironbound kneebound landbound leaps and bounds leatherbound mossbound musclebound nonbound oathbound paperbound perfect-bound platebound prebound printbound

Translations

Bulgarian: скачам Catalan: saltar Dutch: springen Esperanto: saltegi Finnish: hyppiä Finnish: hypähdellä French: bondir French: sauter Hungarian: ugrik Hungarian: ugrál Hungarian: ugrándozik Irish: preab Italian: balzare Māori: turapa Portuguese: saltar Russian: пры́гать Russian: скака́ть Scottish Gaelic: leum Swedish: skutta Ottoman Turkish: صچرامق
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