1. bound - Noun
2. bound - Adjective
3. bound - Verb
Derived from bind
5. bound - Adjective Satellite
6. Bound - Proper noun
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound. Ambrose
Even though I be bound in the Name, I have not yet become perfected in Jesus Christ. Ignatius of Antioch
I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it. Herodotus
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear. Dutch Proverb
A broom is sturdy because its strands are tightly bound. Filipino Proverb
When one is taking a chicken from its roost, the hen is bound to attack with at least its claws. Nigerian Proverb