·- imp. & ·p.p. of Bind.
II. Bound ·Impf of Bind.
III. Bound ·p.p. of Bind.
IV. Bound ·vi To rebound, as an elastic ball.
V. Bound ·noun Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
VI. Bound ·noun A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
VII. Bound ·noun Spring from one foot to the other.
VIII. Bound ·p.p. & ·adj Constipated; costive.
IX. Bound ·vt To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
X. Bound ·vt To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
XI. Bound ·p.p. & ·adj Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
XII. Bound ·p.p. & ·adj Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
XIII. Bound ·p.p. & ·adj Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
XIV. Bound ·p.p. & ·adj Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
XV. Bound ·vt To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
XVI. Bound ·p.p. & ·adj Constrained or compelled; destined; certain;
— followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
XVII. Bound ·v 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.
XVIII. Bound ·vi 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.
XIX. Bound ·noun 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.
XX. Bound ·vt 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.