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Defenition of the word bound

    • Defenition of the word bound

      • To surround a territory.
      • To spring away from an impact.
      • Constrained by a quantifier.
      • A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
      • bound by contract
      • covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"
      • spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"
      • confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages"
      • secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
      • confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly"
      • (chemistry and physics) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
      • bound by an oath; "a bound official"
      • form the boundary of; be contiguous to
      • being under moral or legal obligation; "felt bound by his promise"
      • (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"
      • headed or intending to head in a certain direction; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"; often used as a combining form; "school-bound children"; "college-bound high school students"
      • the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
      • a line determining the limits of an area
      • move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
      • a light springing movement upwards or forwards
      • place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot"
      • place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"
      • spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
      • held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
      • headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students''; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"
      • a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
      • the greatest possible degree of something
      • place limits on (extent or access)
      • spring back; spring away from an impact
      • move forward by leaps and bounds
      • confined by bonds
      • secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
      • (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
      • confined in the bowels
      • headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
      • covered or wrapped with a bandage
      • bound by an oath

    Synonyms for the word bound

      • abut
      • adjoin
      • apprenticed
      • articled
      • assured
      • bandaged
      • be adjacent to
      • be bounded by
      • be contiguous
      • be next to
      • border
      • border on
      • bounce
      • boundary
      • bounds
      • certain
      • clear
      • compelled
      • confine
      • conjoin
      • constrained
      • destined
      • duty-bound
      • edge
      • forced
      • fringe
      • guaranteed
      • hop
      • hurdle
      • indentured
      • inevitable
      • jump
      • leap
      • leaping
      • limit
      • obligate
      • obligated
      • obliged
      • rebound
      • recoil
      • required
      • resile
      • restrain
      • restrict
      • reverberate
      • ricochet
      • saltation
      • skirt
      • spring
      • sure
      • take a hop
      • throttle
      • touch
      • trammel
      • unavoidable
      • vault

    Similar words in the bound

      • approach
      • bestride
      • border on
      • bound
      • bounded
      • bounden
      • bounder
      • bounder's
      • bounders
      • bounding
      • boundless
      • brassbound
      • cased
      • certain
      • chained
      • climb on
      • conjugate
      • conjugated
      • constipated
      • enchained
      • fettered
      • furled
      • get on
      • half-bound
      • hop on
      • in bonds
      • in bonds(p)
      • in chains
      • in chains(p)
      • in fetters
      • in fetters(p)
      • jump
      • jump on
      • jump out
      • leap out
      • mount
      • mount up
      • obligated
      • orientated
      • oriented
      • paperback
      • paperbacked
      • pinioned
      • rolled
      • shackled
      • stand out
      • sure
      • sworn
      • tethered
      • tied
      • treated
      • trussed
      • unfree
      • well-bound
      • wired

    Hyponyms for the word bound

      • absoluteness
      • baffle
      • border
      • borderline
      • bounce
      • bound
      • bound off
      • boundary line
      • bourn
      • bourne
      • brink
      • burst
      • caper
      • capriole
      • carom
      • city line
      • clamp down
      • constrain
      • county line
      • crack down
      • cramp
      • cumber
      • curvet
      • delimitation
      • demarcation
      • demarcation line
      • district line
      • draw a line
      • draw the line
      • edge
      • encumber
      • end
      • fringe
      • frontier
      • galumph
      • gate
      • glance
      • hairline
      • halter
      • hamper
      • harness
      • heat barrier
      • heliopause
      • hop
      • hop-skip
      • inhibit
      • kick
      • kick back
      • knife-edge
      • leapfrog
      • level best
      • limit
      • lineation
      • lower bound
      • margin
      • mark off
      • mark out
      • maximum
      • mete
      • outer boundary
      • outline
      • overleap
      • perimeter
      • periphery
      • pounce
      • pronk
      • rebound
      • recoil
      • reduce
      • regulate
      • rein
      • resile
      • restrain
      • reverberate
      • ricochet
      • rim
      • Rubicon
      • rule
      • saltate
      • shore
      • shoreline
      • ski jump
      • skip
      • skirt
      • spring
      • starkness
      • stiffen
      • strangle
      • surface
      • take a hop
      • thalweg
      • thermal barrier
      • threshold
      • tie
      • tighten
      • tighten up
      • upper bound
      • utmost
      • uttermost
      • utterness
      • vault
      • verge

    Hypernyms for the word bound

      • bound
      • check
      • confine
      • contain
      • control
      • curb
      • enclose
      • extent
      • extremity
      • hold
      • hold in
      • jump
      • jumping
      • leap
      • line
      • moderate
      • move
      • spring

    Antonyms for the word bound

      • free
      • unbound

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