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bound

bound¹ [bound]

vi.

[MFr bondir < OFr, to leap, make a noise, orig., to echo back < LL bombitare, to buzz, hum < L bombus, a humming: see BOMB]

1. to move with a leap or series of leaps

2. to spring back from a surface after striking it, as a ball; bounce; rebound

vt.

to cause to bound or bounce

n.

1. a jump; leap

2. a springing back from a surface after striking it; bounce

SYN.- SKIP¹

bound² [bound]

vt., vi.

pt. & pp. of BIND

adj.

1. confined by or as by binding; tied

2. closely connected or related

3. certain; sure; destined [bound to lose]

4. under compulsion; obliged [legally bound to accept]

5. constipated

6. provided with a binding or attached cover, as a book

7. Informal having one's mind made up; resolved [a team bound on winning]

8. Linguis. designating a form, or morpheme, that never occurs alone as an independent word [in “singing,” -ing is a bound form, but sing is not]: opposed to FREE (adj. 26)

SYN.- LIMIT

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bound up in or bound up with

1. deeply devoted to

2. implicated or involved in

bound³ [bound]

adj.

[ME boun, ready (+ -d, prob. by assoc. with BOUND²) < ON buinn, pp. of bua, to prepare: see BONDAGE]

1. ready to go or going; headed: often with for [bound for home]

2. Archaic ready; prepared

bound⁴ [bound]

n.

[ME bounde < OFr bunne, bodne < ML bodina, butina, boundary, boundary marker]

1. a boundary; limit

2. [pl.] an area near, alongside, or enclosed by a boundary

vt.

1. to provide with bounds; limit; confine

2. to be a limit or boundary to

☆ 3. to name the boundaries of (a state, etc.)

vi.

to have a boundary (on another country, etc.)

another country, etc.)

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out of bounds

1. beyond the boundaries or limits, as of a playing field

2. not to be entered or used; forbidden