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boundn.1

Brit. /baʊnd/, U.S. /baʊnd/
Forms: Middle English bunne, (Middle English ? boune), 1500s–1600s bowne, Middle English–1500s bond(e, bounde, Middle English–1600s bownd(e, Middle English– bound.
Etymology: < Old French bodne, bone, bune, bonne, bunne, also bunde , bonde , 13th cent. Anglo-Norman bounde ; in medieval Latin bodena , bodina (bonna , bunda ) < earlier butina (Leg. Ripuar.) = meta, limes. The phonetic history of the French word is difficult; see Littré bonde and borne , and compare bourne n.2
†1. A landmark indicating the limit of an estate or territory. Obsolete except in combinations.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark
markingOE
boundc1275
marka1325
merea1387
meithc1430
limit1439
doolc1440
prop1450
march1495
landmark1535
mere boundc1600
mere-mark1611
border-mark1613
bound-mark1623
bounder-mark1666
boundary-mark1878
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 658 Þa comen heo to þan bunnen [c1300 Otho wonigge]. þa Hercules makede.
c1300 K. Alis. 5593 Ymages of moundes, That men clepeth Ercules boundes.
2.
a. The boundary line of a territory or estate; gen. a limit or boundary, that to which anything extends in space.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun]
goalc1350
bounda1387
list1389
finea1400
frontier1413
enda1425
limit1439
buttal1449
headroom1462
band1470
mete?1473
buttinga1475
bounder1505
pale?a1525
butrelle1546
scantlet1547
limesa1552
divisec1575
meta1587
line1595
marginc1595
closure1597
Rubicon1613
bournea1616
boundary1626
boundure1634
verge1660
terminary1670
meta1838
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 299 Osca passed nowher his fader bondes.
1483 Act 1 Rich. III vi. §1 The contract..was made..within the Bounds and Jurisdiction of the same Fair.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlvi. 62 The frenche kynge..commaunded them to kepe the bondes of Flanders, on payne of their lyues.
1551 R. Record Pathway to Knowl. ii. Introd. A platte forme..is inclosed with lines as with his boundes.
1615 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 77 This day..I made the bownds perfect between my Lands of Kilrobistown.
1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. ii. 19 A right line (as Euclide witnesseth) is the shortest betwixt his owne bounds.
1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) 290 The bounds of all the European kingdoms are..nearly the same they were 200 years ago.
1809 W. Bawdwen tr. Domesday Bk. 239 Thormer is situate within the bounds of the Castle of Ilbert.
1847 J. Yeowell Chron. Anc. Brit. Church ii. 19 The apostle travelled to the utmost bounds of the West.
b. Phrases. to beat the bounds: see beat v.1 Phrases 1. †to gain bounds of: to outstrip.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip
to leave behinda1393
overgoc1425
preventa1500
outgo1530
out-trot1555
outstrip1567
stripa1592
outpacea1596
out-swift1606
to have (also get) the speed ofa1616
outstretcha1642
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642
to gain bounds of1653
outrace1657
outspeed1661
to cast behind1681
distance1691
belag1721
repass1728
outfoot1740
outdistance1789
fore-reach1803
to have the foot of1832
to run away1843
slip1856
short-head1863
tine1871
forespeed1872
outrate1873
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. Prol. sig. B2 Perceiving the prey by force of flight to have gained bounds of her.
c. plural. The limit or boundary beyond which soldiers, sailors, students, schoolchildren, etc., resident in a particular building, quarters, or area, may not pass. Now chiefly in out of bounds, outside or beyond this boundary.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [phrase] > beyond bounds not to be passed
out of bounds1681
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > portion worked by a miner > in tin-mine
bounds1681
society > authority > subjection > prohibition > [adverb] > prohibited area
out of boundsc1805
off-limits1862
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > boundary which must not be passed
footmarka1400
bounds1857
1681 R. Knox Hist. Relation Ceylon iv. ix. 156 Plain reason would tell him, that we being prisoners were without our bounds.
1720 D. Defoe Capt. Singleton (1839) xviii. 228 He would easily suspect they were out of their bounds, being captives.
c1805 Regul. Sherborne School Every other part of the town is out of School bounds, except the Church-Yard.
1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. ix. 222 The chief offenders..were flogged and kept in bounds.
1865 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 472/1 The reason of putting the river out of bounds was the danger incurred by boys who could not swim.
1890 A. Conan Doyle Firm of Girdlestone v. 32 A lad coming up to an English University..must be within bounds at a fixed time.
1895 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Oct. 9/1 That long and perilous hole between the out-of-bounds field on the one side and the broken, rabbit-burrowed ground on the other.
1909 D. Sladen Trag. of Pyramids xiii. 201 The decree of the General, which made the Considines out of bounds for the Army, like a Mohammedan festival.
1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate ii. 43 She got into the car and made him drive out of school bounds, miles away.
3.
a. plural. The territory situated on or near a boundary; a borderland; also land within certain limits, a district, neighbourhood, tract.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun]
endc893
shirec893
estrec1275
sidec1325
bounds1340
provincea1382
partc1400
landmark1550
tract1553
canton1601
neighbourhood1652
district1712
section1785
circumscription1831
location1833
block1840
strip1873
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > border district(s)
end-landc1175
marcha1325
bounds1340
coast1377
marcherc1475
border1489
marchland1536
confines1548
front1589
limitrophe1589
commark1612
land-march1614
frontier1676
Border-sidea1700
borderland1813
border-countryc1885
rimland1942
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 206 He [Lot] ssolde guo out of þe cite of sodomme, and alle þe boundes.
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Cij In all boundis of Scotland..is gret plente of haris.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 12 The Chiefs and Principals of the Families in these bounds.
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. x. 46 Marquises..were Counts that governed the Marches, or bounds of the Empire.
1823 W. Scott Peveril I. vi. 168 These rascals, who come hither to annoy a noble lady on my bounds.
b. singular.
ΚΠ
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iv. 89 When that this body did containe a spirit, A kingdom for it was too small a bound . View more context for this quotation
c. In Tin-mining. The area or extent of ground taken in by a miner.
ΚΠ
1696 London Gaz. No. 3184/3 Owners of the Tyn Bounds, and Adventurers in Tyn Mines.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 111 Bounds (Cornw.), a tract of tin-ore ground.
4. figurative. A limit with reference to immaterial things, as duration, lawful or possible action, feeling, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > [noun] > limit
markOE
measurea1375
bound1393
sizec1420
banka1425
limita1425
limitationa1475
stint1509
within one's tether?1523
confine1548
tropic?1594
scantling1597
gauge1600
mound1605
boundalsa1670
meta1838
parameter1967
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 22 Of abstinence he wot no bounde.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job xiv. 5 Thou hast apoynted him [man] his boundes, he can not go beyond them.
1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. vii. xvi. 267 Let this be the bound of sweating, when the patient begins to waxe cold.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. i. 1 It is..worth while, to search out the Bounds between Opinion and Knowledge.
1737 H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 17 I should be out of all bounds, if I was to tell you half I feel.
1821 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 239 He sometimes carried beyond the bounds of calm and neutral reason, his repugnance to doctrines.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 188 It..prevented anarchy from breaking bounds.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, where bound = boundary n.
bound-line n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > of a region or territory
terma1382
frontier1413
rind1530
terminus?1605
barrier1709
bound-line1850
borderline1869
1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 223 All Europe's bound-lines,—drawn afresh in blood.
bound-mark n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark
markingOE
boundc1275
marka1325
merea1387
meithc1430
limit1439
doolc1440
prop1450
march1495
landmark1535
mere boundc1600
mere-mark1611
border-mark1613
bound-mark1623
bounder-mark1666
boundary-mark1878
1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Pref. ⁋17 We can neither know well..the names of places and bound-markes of our own country.
1826 W. Scott Malachi Malagrowther ii. 31 Such a bound-mark as I have described.
bound-oak n.
ΚΠ
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 242 Ye first was a Bound-Oak.
bound-road n.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > forming a boundary
bound-road1584
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > road
bound-road1584
1584 in Misc. Wodrow Soc. (1844) 424 His side of the Bound Rode.
bound-stone n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > stone
hoar-stone847
honeeOE
merestoneOE
markstoneOE
march stone1519
shire-stone1536
dool-stone1580
bound-stone1602
witter stone1615
metestone1617
bounder-stone1635
bourne-stone1837
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 129 The one..somewhat curiously hewed..It should seeme to be a bound-stone.
1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxiii. 31 The divisions of land..continued to be known by their irremovable bound-stones down to a late period of the empire.
C2.
bound-beater n. (also bounds-beater) one who takes part in the ceremony of beating the bounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > determination of boundary > beating bounds > one who beats or determines
liner14..
bounder1570
bounderer1610
marcher1635
meresman1828
demarcator1898
bound-beater1909
1909 Essex Rev. XVIII. 188 After the perambulation there was a dinner, jointly with the Little Leighs bounds-beaters, at the inn.
bound-beating n. (also bounds-beating) the ceremony of beating the bounds.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > determination of boundary > beating bounds
bound-beating1927
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > determination of boundary > by perambulation
purallee1306
processioning1653
bound-beating1927
1927 Sunday at Home June 553/2 The religious part of the bounds-beating was prohibited.
Bounds Thursday n. Ascension Day, on which parish boundaries are traced (see beat v.1 Phrases 1).

Draft additions 1993

Chiefly Mathematics. Any number or magnitude such that either none of a specified set of numbers exceeds it, or none is less than it; an upper or lower limit to the magnitude something can have. Frequently as upper bound, lower bound. Cf. supremum n., infimum n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > graph or diagram > [noun] > graph > part of
peak1785
flatline1867
tail1895
upper bound1917
valley1935
trough1938
skirt1940
shoulder1956
spike1961
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > the greatest amount or quantity > quality of being maximal > maximum
maximity1651
maximum1663
outside1699
max1911
upper bound1917
ceiling1934
roof1939
1917 G. H. Hardy in Proc. Cambr. Philos. Soc. 19 92 The upper bound.
1953 H. Eves Introd. Hist. Math. xi. 336 Rules for finding an upper bound to the roots of a polynomial.
1966 A. Battersby Math. in Managem. vi. 142 The figure 108, 417 belongs to a useful class of estimates called ‘lower bounds’. We know that, whatever the final allocation may be, it cannot possibly give a lower ‘cost’ than this.
1977 Sci. Amer. Sept. 82/1 Heat generated by the vacuum tubes resulted in their having a relatively short operating life, which placed an upper bound on the size of computers.
1979 E. S. Page & L. B. Wilson Introd. Computational Combinatorics vi. 148 The quality of the bounds can also affect the amount of work in a calculation.
1986 Nature 23 Oct. 674/1 R. C. Vaughan has obtained substantial improvements to these bounds when n lies between 5 and 9.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

boundn.2

Brit. /baʊnd/, U.S. /baʊnd/
Etymology: < bound v.2; but compare French bond of same meaning.
An elastic spring upward or onward; a leap made in an onward career: said both of inanimate bodies and animals, while leap is used only of the latter. Phrases. †to take at the (first) bound: to take up at the first opportunity, at the outset; to do at once. to take before the bound: to be beforehand with. at a bound: by an instantaneous movement. to advance by leaps and bounds: to make startlingly rapid progress.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > take prompt action
spring1548
to take at the (first) bounda1556
to be quick off (occasionally also on) the mark1914
to jump to it1917
to snap (in)to1918
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall
before-takea1382
preventc1425
devance1485
prevenea1500
lurch1530
to take before the bounda1556
to be aforehand with1570
to be beforehand with1574
to meet halfwaya1586
preoccupate1588
forestall1589
fore-run1591
surprise1591
antedate1595
foreprise1597
preoccupy1607
preoccupy1638
pre-act1655
anticipatea1682
obviate1712
to head off1841
beat1847
to beat out1893
pre-empt1957
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > a leap, spring, or jump
leapOE
startc1330
saulta1350
lope14..
launchc1440
sprenting?a1475
loup1487
springa1500
stenda1500
benda1522
sprenta1522
bounce1523
jump1552
sally1589
rise1600
bound1667
vault1728
sprinta1800
spang1817
spend1825
upleap1876
sprit1880
bunny hop1950
bunny-hop1969
a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vi. sig. G.ijv If you coulde haue take it vp at the first bounde, We should..pastime haue founde.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 73 Youthfull and vnhandled colts fetching mad bounds . View more context for this quotation
1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xvi. 422 They resolved to take the matter at the first bound.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 56 'Tis good then to put wings unto them, and to take the ball before the bound.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 181 Th' arch-fellon..At one slight bound high overleap'd all bound Of Hill or highest Wall. View more context for this quotation
1704 J. Addison tr. Ovid Metamorphoses in Poet. Misc. V. 66 The Horses started with a sudden Bound.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 91 At every bound I see, I feel The earth rush round.
1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine ii. 26 He plunges at a bound into the east.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

boundadj.1

Brit. /baʊnd/, U.S. /baʊnd/
Forms: Middle English bun, bune, Middle English bon(e, Middle English–1800s boun(e, bown(e, -nn(e, 1500s bond, 1600s–1800s dialect boon(e, 1800s dialect bawn, 1500s– bound.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymons: Norse búinn, Norwegian būen.
Etymology: < Old Norse búinn, Norwegian būen, past participle of búa to get ready, appearing first in the north as būn , afterwards in Middle English boun ; the added d in the modern form may be due in part to its being regarded as the past participle of the derived verb boun v., and in part to confusion with bound adj.2 = obliged; but compare note on excrescent D n.
†1. Ready, prepared: said both of persons and things. Of persons: Dressed, attired. Also (in 14th cent.) At hand, present. Often pleonastically ready boun, ready and boun. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective]
boundc1175
clothedc1220
bitighta1250
i-boenc1275
yclothed1297
ydight1297
clada1300
bitoughtc1314
ycladc1330
attireda1375
yhabited1377
gleda1450
buskedc1450
vested (also vest) and seized1464
besee?a1513
yschrowd1513
vestured1523
arrayed1525
braldc1571
garbed1599
habilimented1607
riggeda1640
dressed1641
put-ona1784
habited1807
swathed1815
draped1833
turned-out1833
caparisoned1841
enclad1863
the world > space > place > presence > [adjective]
boundc1175
present1340
towarda1375
presentlya1425
assistant1485
presentiala1500
presentaneous1668
assisting1670
standing1788
on the spot1886
on-site1939
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready
i-radc888
yarec888
i-redec1000
i-redya1175
boundc1175
graith?c1225
aready1250
alreadyc1275
readyc1275
armedc1300
prestc1300
bentc1330
ripec1330
purveyed1435
mature?1440
apt1474
habile1485
in (a) case to (also for)1523
provided1533
in procinct1540
weeping-ripe1548
furnished1553
fit1569
preta1600
expedite1604
predy1613
procinct1618
foreprepared1642
presto1644
apparated1663
(ready) in one's gears1664
fallow1850
standby1893
organized1926
(to be) all set1949
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2329 Loc her. icc amm ammbohht all bun To follȝhenn godess wille.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 173 And bed hem alle ben boun · beggeres and oþere.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 14376 Namli þas þat has bene bune [Trin. Cambr. nere] Quen he vpraisid lazarune.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11595 Son was ioseph redi bun.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 787 She was boun to goon the wey forth right.
1470 J. Hardyng Chron. viii. i He to paye was so readye and bowne For his vitayle.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. vii. sig. o.iiv At the northgate they were redy bowne.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2756 Bowne on hor best wise in hor bright wedis.
c1550 in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 133 Pluck vp ȝour herts, and make ȝow bowne.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 41 Like a man to double busines bound, I stand in pause where I shall first beginne. View more context for this quotation
1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess 93 (Jam.) The squire..to find her shortly makes him bown.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake iv. 145 A band of war Has for two days been ready boune.
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake ii. xii. 157 Earl Walter..For battle made him boun'.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 228 These..are boon to ride the Borders as in the good olden time.
2. Prepared or purposing to go, starting, directing one's course, destined. With for (to, into obsolete), or adverb of motion. Phrases, homeward bound, outward bound.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective]
boundc1400
bent1697
destinedc1790
city-bound1844
space-bound1955
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > on course [phrase] > bound for
bound1589
up1870
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3788 When thai saw him theder bown.
c1440 Gesta Romanorum i. xii. 33 Deere frend..whodir art thou bone?
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados ix. vii. 21 Quhiddir ar ȝe boun, ȝe schaw vs plane.
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. H3 A Barke bounde for Arcadie.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vi. 9 Th' Embassador that was bound for England. View more context for this quotation
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 156. ⁋1 We may see the Son of Ulysses bound on the same Expedition.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. viii. 370 He gave out at Macao, that he was bound to Batavia.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. x. 226 You see a Traveller, Bound upon hard adventure.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 635 The ships which were bound for New England were crowded.
1866 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. 206 Bound on we know not what errand.
figurative.1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Hiiiv Where oure confessyon is bounde, lette oure hartes bee represented.1595 E. Spenser Amoretti viii, in Amoretti & Epithalamion sig. A5v Angels come to lead fraile mindes to rest In chast desires on heauenly beauty bound.
3. With infinitive, = about (to), going (to), in a fair way (to). Only dialect; to be distinguished from the similar use of bound adj.2, though the latter construction was perhaps suggested by this.The phrase He is bound to win would, in northern dialect, mean merely ‘He is going to win’; in literary English it means ‘He must necessarily win’, the word here being bound adj.2 (Cf. also sense 1, quots. 1470, 1604.)
ΚΠ
1862 Life amongst Colliers 31 He was so violently sick, he declared ‘he was bound to die’.
1864 J. C. Atkinson Whitby Gloss. (at cited word) ‘I believe it is boun to be wet’, going to be rain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

boundadj.2

Brit. /baʊnd/, U.S. /baʊnd/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s bounde, Middle English boun, bonde. northern bund, bun.
Etymology: past participle of bind v.: shortened < bounden adj.1
1.
a. Made fast by a tie, confined; fastened down; bandaged: also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [adjective] > binding > bound
yboundOE
boundenc1325
trussed1440
banded1488
vinculate?1541
bound1552
1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. iv. viii. f. 185v A synnar bund with the band of syn..is oblissit to thole paine for his syn.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Sii/1 Bound, ligatus, deuinctus.
1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 74 These Orators have confest themselves greatly straitned and bound up.
1694 W. Salmon Iatrica i. iii. 94/2 The Spasm..not being able to get over the bound place, is hindered from coming to the Head.
1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa xi. 450 My bound and slender frame Was nothing to his angry might.
†b. transferred of a woman: Pregnant. Cf. band n.1 1c, bend n.1 1d, bond n.1 1c. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective]
greatc1175
with childc1175
with childc1300
baggeda1400
bounda1400
pregnant?a1425
quicka1450
greaterc1480
heavyc1480
teeming1530
great-bellied1533
big1535
boundenc1540
impregnate1540
great-wombeda1550
young with child1566
gravid1598
pregnate1598
pagled1599
enceinte1602
child-great1605
conceived1637
big-bellieda1646
brooding1667
in the (also a) family way1688
in the (also that) way1741
undelivered1799
ensient1818
enwombeda1822
in a delicate condition1827
gestant1851
in pod1890
up the (also a) pole1918
in a particular condition1922
preg?1927
in the spud line1937
up the spout1937
preggy1938
up the stick1941
preggers1942
in pig1945
primigravid1949
preggo1951
in a certain condition1958
gestating1961
up the creek1961
in the (pudding) cluba1966
gravidated-
a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. (1867) 89 Þe byrde so bryghte with birdyne ȝode bun.
c1450 Lay Folks Mass Bk. 71 We sal pray also for all women þat er bun with childer in þis parichin.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. v. 89 Quhilk, bund with child, dremyt scho dyd furth bring.
†2. Kept fast in bonds or in prison. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adjective] > imprisoned
bounda1382
close1393
boundena1400
prisoneda1400
imprisoned1529
pent1554
encageda1616
prison-bound1816
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [adjective] > confined
bounda1382
reclusedc1443
incarcerate1528
immurate1593
wall-fastc1593
immured1596
up-pent1600
confined1605
cageda1616
impent1633
straitened1757
hemmed in1894
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > binding or fettering > [adjective] > bound, fettered, or shackled
yfeteredOE
fettereda1325
bounda1382
ygyveda1387
shackledc1440
bounded1711
trammelled1813
spancelled1835
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xlii. 7 That thou shuldyst bringe out fro closing the bounde.
1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde Pref. sig. aijv To delyuer the bounde owt of pryson.
1611 Bible (King James) Heb. xiii. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them. View more context for this quotation
3. Confined in the bowels, costive. †Also of a cough: Tight, dry (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > excretory disorders > [adjective] > constipated
fastOE
costivea1400
hardbound?a1425
embowelled1486
encumber1486
bound1530
constipate1542
constipated1547
styptic1582
costic1595
belly-bound1607
restringenta1661
unmoved1810
confined1822
screwbound1837
impacted1844
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [adjective] > coughing > type of cough
hecking1642
bound1759
short1797
hacky1810
loose1833
retching1856
pecking1865
brassy1880
productive1923
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 306/2 Bounde in the belye, serre au ventre.
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xv. 28 The Nurse..shall take such medicines when she is bounde.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 210 They suffer inflamation and are bound in the bellie.
1664 in S. Pepys Diary (1971) V. 363 If you are bound or have a fit of the Stone.
1759 R. Whytt in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 574 Her cough is still bound.
1777 Fynney in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 67 459 She was always in the extremes of being too loose or too bound.
4.
a. Tied in the same bundle; intimately connected. bound up in or with: (figurative) having common interests with, ‘wrapped up’ in, dependent upon.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective]
conversanta1340
associate1398
consociate1471
sociate1526
adjoinate1543
conjoined1570
consortinga1592
conjunct1597
combined1603
commercing1610
associated1611
bound up in or with1611
comitant1614
unsequestered1654
cohering1665
consociated1671
mingling1812
combinatea1861
associatory1880
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xliv. 30 His life is bound vp in the lads life. View more context for this quotation
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 449. ⁋2 The only Child of a decrepid Father, whose Life is bound up in hers.
1788 T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 316 I consider their happiness as bound up together.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 255 Chaucer, in his political life, was bound up with the party of John of Gaunt.
1856 C. Dickens Little Dorrit (1857) i. xvi. 143 Seeing us so bound up in Pet.
1873 J. Morley Rousseau I. 50 A rapid and volatile constitution..is insensibly bound up with sensibility.
b. Philology. Designating a grammatical element, such as the present participial ending -ing, the adverbial ending -ly, etc., which occurs only in combination with another (‘bound’ or ‘free’) form.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > morpheme > [adjective] > of morphemes: bound
bound1926
1926 L. Bloomfield in Language 2 155 A form which may be an utterance is free. A form which is not free is bound. Thus, book, the man are free forms; —ing.., —er..are bound forms.
1957 S. Potter Mod. Ling. iv. 78 Book-s..consists of two morphemes, the free form book and the bound form -s (bound because it cannot be used independently).
†5. Cohering; of glutinous consistency. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > viscosity > [adjective]
thickc888
toughc1000
cleavingc1350
gluey1382
gluish1382
gleiming1387
gummya1398
clammy1398
gleimy1398
viscosec1400
viscousc1400
emplastic?a1425
plastery?c1425
stiffc1430
clamc1440
engleimous?c1475
rawky1509
rich1535
clammish1543
limy1552
strong1560
glutinous1576
cloggy1587
emplastical1590
viscuous1603
plasterish1610
slaba1616
bound1635
viscid1635
lentous1646
spiscious1655
melleous1656
salivarious1656
glutining1658
syrupical1659
glairy1662
gummous1669
gummose1678
mellaginous1681
melligineous1684
pargety1684
sticky1688
sizy1691
dauby1697
syrupy1707
treacly?1734
glaireous1755
flabbyc1780
spissid1782
stodgy1823
waxy1835
teery1848
treacle-like1871
viscoid1877
slauming1904
gooey1906
gloopy1929
gunky1937
gungy1962
yucky1975
1635 J. Babington Pyrotechnia xix. 23 These oyles must be..wrought up, till you finde your mixture bound like dough.
6. Of books: Provided with a binding or cover (see bind v. 10). Const. in (leather, vellum, cloth, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > [adjective] > bound
bound1708
1708 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 159 It was..a bound book.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 37. ¶2 Tales in Verse by Mr. Durfey: Bound in Red Leather, gilt on the Back.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 474 Presenting the sovereign with a richly bound copy of the English Bible.
7.
Thesaurus »
a. Under obligations (of duty, gratitude, etc.); Const. a person, or the duty owed.
b. Having entered into a contract binding to service, as ‘a bound apprentice’. Also (U.S.) bound boy, bound girl.
ΚΠ
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 57 War noucht I was bonde in my legiance.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 1 It was doubted whether he were more bound to Nature.., or to fortune.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. i. 37 Shall this night appeare How much in duty, I am bound to both. View more context for this quotation
1630 Bp. J. Hall Occas. Medit. §lvii How much am I bound to God that hath giuen mee eyes.
a1657 G. Daniel Poems (1878) II. 73 For everie Man Is bound to his owne heart.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 201. ⁋7 He that is not yet hardened by custom..thinks himself bound by his word.
1846 Congress. Globe 6 Feb. 322/3 He has to stand by, as we say in the West, ‘like a bound boy at a husking’.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 11 Whoever owned land, was bound to military service.
1872 E. Eggleston Hoosier School-master iv. 51 Ralph recognized Hannah, the bound girl at old Jack Means's.
1888 J. Kirkland McVeys 84 Hyer comes Widder Tansey's bound gal.
1891 Congress. Rec. Jan. 1890/1 [In the House of Commons] it rarely happens that more than two-thirds of the members are present, and when they are, all but 360 must stand round like ‘bound boys’, as that number exhausts the sitting space on the floor.
c. With infinitive: Compelled, obliged; under necessity (esp. logical or moral); fated, certain; also in U.S. determined, resolved (sc. to go, etc.).In dialects tied is used in the same sense, as ‘That horse is tied to win’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > absolutely compulsory > absolutely compelled
boundc1360
needyc1430
constrained1571
necessary1654
compulsory1806
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective]
stallc1275
unflichinga1340
adviseda1393
affirmed1440
constant1481
resolved1518
resolute1522
well-settled?1532
ratified1533
unbashed1536
bent1548
well-resolved1565
unabashed1571
determinate1587
undaunted1587
peremptory1589
confirmed1594
decretal1608
pight1608
intent1610
definitivea1616
unshrinkinga1616
naylessa1618
pitched1642
decisive1658
martyrly1659
certain1667
fell1667
decretory1674
martyrial1678
decretorian1679
invariable1696
unflinching1728
hell-bent1731
decided1767
determined1773
iron-headed1787
adamantine1788
unwincing1802
stick-at-nothing1805
adamant1816
hard-set1818
rock-like1833
bound1844
do-or-die1851
unbased1860
focused1888
capable de tout1899
purposive1903
go-for-broke1946
hard rock1947
take-no-shit1992
c1360 Song Deo Gratias in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 129 A noþer is boun to begge his bred.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9474 Þai were boun to gyffe bake, & the bent leue.
1558 J. Knox First Blast against Monstruous Regiment Women f. 3v We in this our miserable age are bounde to admonishe the world.
1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater ii. i. sig. D2 Speake I am bound to heare.
1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 52. ⁋3 We hold our selves in Gratitude bound to receive..all such Persons.
1844 Mrs. Houstoun Texas & Gulf of Mexico I. 2 I was bound to be pleased with the arrangements.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. App. 587 The lioness was bound to bring forth only a single cub.
1883 M. E. Braddon Ishmael v Life is a waiting race, in which the best horse is bound to win.
8. In combinations: Preceded by a noun in instrumental relation, or by an adjective used adverbially, as love-bound, wind-bound, wood-bound; often with reference to books, as cloth-bound, morocco-bound, parchment-bound; full-bound n. = whole-bound n. whole-bound n. bound entirely in leather., half-bound adj. having the back only, or back and corners, of leather, the rest of the binding being cloth or paper. Also hardbound adj., hidebound adj., iron-bound adj., weather-bound adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disorders of nervous system > [adjective] > disorders of brain > other brain disorders
hardbound?a1425
bound1704
Wernicke1887
mind-blind1905
Alzheimer1911
Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome1934
brain-damaged1946
kernicteric1956
brain-dead1972
C-J1972
hypsarrhythmic1977
flatline1978
Creutzfeldt–Jakob1987
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > hindering or retarding > hindered or retarded > as if constipated
hardbound?a1425
bound1704
constipated1891
the mind > emotion > love > [adjective] > bound with love
love-bound1873
society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > type of binding > [adjective]
full-bound1705
super-extra1774
half-bound1775
Etruscan1792
antique1794
Russia-bound1808
vellum-bound1836
vellum-covered1836
quarter-bound1842
cloth-bound1860
limp1863
cottage1874
monastic1880
parchment-bound1881
yapped1882
all along1888
Grolieresque1889
Maioli1890
perfect1890
treed calf1892
Lyonnais1893
hardback1894
dos-à-dos1952
perfect bound1960
spiral-bound1961
spiral1977
1704 London Gaz. No. 4021/3 Iron and Wood-bound Cask, old Yards, Boats.
1847 Ld. G. Bentinck in Croker Papers (1884) III. xxv. 143 800 grain~laden ships..lying wind-bound..in the gat of Gibraltar.
1873 Kingsbury in Speaker's Comm., Song. Sol. vi. 12 The soul..is here the love-bound heart.
1881 J. Morley Life R. Cobden I. 6 His little parchment-bound diary of expenses.
a1887 Bookseller's Catal. The plates whole bound in russia, extra, gilt edges, the text half bound russia neat.
9. For I'll be bound, and other uses, see bind v.
10. = bond adj. Subject to servitude, in bondage. Obsolete. [Due to the later association of bond n.1 with bonds and bound : compare however sense 7b, and bounden adj.1 2b.]
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > slavery or bondage > [adjective] > enslaved or in bondage
theowc888
thrall1297
bond1330
unfreec1380
servile1447
boundenc1480
thralled1527
bound1532
thirl1582
enthralled?1587
slaved1639
beslaved1656
enslaved1667
bondaged1790
unemancipated1811
1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. Househ. (1768) 22 Bounde men haue as great nede to be comforted..as other fre men.
1802 Erskine's Princ. Law Scotl. (new ed.) i. vii. 112 All the colliers in Scotland, who were bound colliers at the time..shall be free from their servitude.
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boundv.1

Brit. /baʊnd/, U.S. /baʊnd/
Etymology: < bound n.1; not found before the end of 14th cent. Compare Old French bonner, now borner < medieval Latin bodināre, bonāre, bundāre.
†1.
a. transitive. To set bounds to, limit; to confine within bounds; to mark (out) the bounds of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of
meteeOE
markeOE
mereOE
bound1393
determinea1398
terminea1398
rede1415
measurea1513
butt1523
space1548
limit1555
determinate1563
to mark out1611
contermine1624
to run out1671
verge1759
demarcate1816
outline1817
define1843
rope1862
delimit1879
delimitate1879
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 103 Was [Asia] that time bounded so, Wher..Nile..falleth Into the see Alexandrine.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng Prol. sig. B2 All these maners..shulde be..bounded, and valued in euery parte.
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 358 Caritick with his Britons..were lastly chased and bounded by them from out all parts.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes To Rdr. And with his word boundeth in the raging of the sea.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 135 Before they had parcelled, and bounded out the ground.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 370 He shall..bound his Reign With earths wide bounds. View more context for this quotation
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 28 In vain, he..bounds the distance by the rules of art.
b. figurative.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
restrain1384
bound1393
abounda1398
limita1398
pincha1450
pin?a1475
prescribec1485
define1513
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
pound1589
confine1597
terminate1602
noosec1604
border1608
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
to fasten down1694
crimp1747
bourn1807
to box in1845
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > restrict or limit [verb (transitive)]
thringc1250
circumscrivec1374
arta1382
bound1393
limita1398
restrainc1405
pincha1450
restringe1525
coarcta1529
circumscribe1529
restrict1535
conclude1548
narrow?1548
limitate1563
stint1567
chamber1568
contract1570
crampern1577
contain1578
finish1587
conscribe1588
pound1589
confine1597
border1608
circumcise1613
constrain1614
coarctate1624
butta1631
prescribe1688
pin1738
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 218 God..hath al thinge bounded.
1554 Act 1 & 2 Philip & Mary viii. §38 Such whose Right, Title or Interest is bounded or taken away.
1647 Answ. Lett. to Dr. Turner 19 The Apostles..did in their latter dayes..bound out that power which still we do call Episcopacy.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iv. 31 Exercise of his Faculties, was bounded within the Ways, Modes, and Notions of his own Country.
1821 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 237 Such facts bound our researches in every part of knowledge.
1842 H. E. Manning Serm. xi. 151 It makes a man..bound himself about by his own horizon.
1850 A. Jameson Legends Monastic Orders 3 His views were not bounded by any narrow ideas of expediency.
†c. intransitive. To limit itself; be limited. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > be restricted or limited [verb (intransitive)]
contract1648
bound1705
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or restricted in application > quality of being restricted or limited > be restricted or limited [verb (intransitive)]
contract1648
bound1705
1705 Luctus Brit. 141 Nor bounds thy Praise to Albions narrow coast.
2.
a. transitive. To form the boundary of.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)]
terminate?a1425
border1570
limit1578
frontier1599
lista1600
bound1601
confine1601
bounder1636
verge1817
delimit1879
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 73 Lecheum of the one hand, and Cenchræa of the other, do bound out and limit the said streights.
1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 38 Castile is bounded on the East with Navar, Arragon, and the Countrey of Tolledo.
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 257 A line of blue hills that bounded the landscape.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxi. 351 He crossed the little river Rubicon, which bounded his province.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 37 The cavity..is..bounded by the lateral walls of the neighbouring.. cells.
†b. To enclose, confine, contain; also with in.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)]
beloukOE
pind?c1225
closec1275
beshuta1300
to shut about13..
umbclosec1330
to close about1340
aclosec1350
in close1393
enclose?a1400
tinec1400
concludea1425
includec1425
wallc1430
underclosec1440
inclusea1450
hedgec1500
lista1513
inrail1523
interclude1524
fence1535
parclose1535
riba1547
pale1570
impale1579
embay1582
immure1583
upclosec1590
enchase1591
interclose1592
recinct1598
underfong1599
intermure1606
bound1609
engirt1627
bosom1637
infence1652
cancellate1664
circumclude1677
embosomc1750
comprehend1807
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vii. 13 My mothers bloud, Runnes on the dexter cheeke, and this sinister Bounds in my fathers. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 432 Whose veines bound richer blood then Lady Blanch? View more context for this quotation
3. intr. to bound on: to abut upon, adjoin. to bound with: to have the same boundaries as. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > border on
toucha1387
coastc1400
border1535
to bound on?1577
mere1577
board1596
bank1598
skirt1602
tract1612
bounder1636
buttal1642
border1647
hadland1649
line1846
the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with > border on > have same boundary as
to bound with1858
?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Aviv These breeches I did bound on on eyther side.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 109 Troas..bounds on the coast of Hellespontus.
1637 Earl of Monmouth tr. V. Malvezzi Romulus & Tarquin 241 Bounding upon madness, it [melancholy] brings men to sublimity.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) ii. 87 The Banks..belong to the subject, whose lands do but and bound thereon.
1792 T. Jefferson Corr. 164 They bound on us between two and three thousand miles.
1858 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. 269 Territories..bounding with those of British India on the west.
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boundv.2

Brit. /baʊnd/, U.S. /baʊnd/
Etymology: < French bondir, which signified only to ‘resound’ till the 15th cent., when the meaning of to ‘rebound, spring’ first appears, perhaps < Latin bombitāre to hum, < bombus a humming noise. (With the earlier French sense compare quot. a1616 at sense 1.)
†1. To recoil, rebound. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > rebound > [verb (intransitive)]
to pilt up againa1200
bolt?c1225
rebounda1398
redoundc1500
stot1513
to strike upward1530
band1580
recoil1591
bound1597
result1598
retort1599
resile1641
bandy1658
resiliate1755
ricochet1804
reverberate1817
kick1832
dap1851
bounce1887
bank1962
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 58 Griefe boundeth where is fals, Not with the emptie hollownes, but weight. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 294 Why these bals bound, ther's noise in it. View more context for this quotation
1633 G. Herbert Assurance in Temple vii Thou hast cast a bone Which bounds on thee, and will not down thy throat.
2. intransitive. To spring upwards, leap; to advance with leaps or springs: said both of inanimate and animate objects. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > leap, spring, or jump [verb (intransitive)]
leapc900
startOE
reseOE
springa1275
throwc1275
upleapc1275
launch13..
aspringc1315
sault1377
lance?a1400
sprenta1400
loupc1480
lope1483
spang1513
bendc1530
jump1530
spend1533
stend1567
vaulta1568
pract1568
exult1570
bound1593
saltate1623
subsalt1623
jet1635
spoutc1650
volt1753
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Cv He leaps, he neighs, he bounds . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 13 He bounds from the Earth, as if his entrayles were hayres. View more context for this quotation
1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 33 And yet so fiery, he would bound, As if he griev'd to touch the Ground.
1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 30 Thro' the big Dome the doubling Thunder bounds.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 167. ⁋6 Our hearts bound at the presence of each other.
1798 W. Wordsworth Lines Tintern Abbey in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads 205 Like a roe I bounded o'er the mountains.
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III ii. 4 The waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel II. vi. vii. 117 She would..bound forward.
†3. transitive. To make (a horse) leap. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > make (a horse) leap
bound1592
leap1687
jump1890
1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xxxviii. 171 Whether that he trots, or turnes, or bounds, his barded Steede.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 141.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

boundv.3

Brit. /baʊnd/, U.S. /baʊnd/
Etymology: Aphetic < abound adj.
= abound v.1
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > abound [verb (intransitive)]
flowc1000
flower1340
abounda1350
redounda1382
swarm1399
walm1399
bound1568
pour1574
gush1577
exuberate1623
pullulate1641
hotter1860
resonate1955
1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 27 v If we bound in store: Commodities then offreth made, a salue for euery sore.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

boundv.4

Brit. /baʊnd/, U.S. /baʊnd/
Etymology: variant of boun v.
rare.
reflexive. To direct one's course. intransitive. To go, lead.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > go or lead (of a road or path) [verb (intransitive)]
golOE
leadc1175
winda1555
strike1585
bound1590
society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct one's course [verb (reflexive)]
turnc1175
stretcha1225
bowc1275
steer1399
straighta1400
ready?a1425
purposec1425
address1436
applya1450
shape1480
make1488
aima1500
bound1821
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K6v The way that does to heauen bownd.
1821 J. Baillie Lady G. Baillie xiv She ere stroke of midnight bell, Did bound her for that dismal cell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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