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B0420000 (bound)intr.v. bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds 1. To leap forward or upward; jump; spring: The dog bounded over the gate.2. To move forward by leaps or springs: The deer bounded into the woods.3. To spring back from a surface; rebound: The basketball bounded off the backboard.n.1. A leap; a jump: The deer was away in a single bound.2. A springing back from a surface after hitting it; a bounce: caught the ball on the bound.
[French bondir, to bounce, from Old French, to resound, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bombitīre, from Latin bombitāre, to hum, from bombus, a humming sound, from Greek bombos.]

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B0420000 (bound)n.1. often bounds A boundary; a limit: Our joy knew no bounds. Your remarks exceed the bounds of reason.2. bounds The territory on, within, or near limiting lines: the bounds of the kingdom.v. bound·ed, bound·ing, bounds v.tr.1. To set a limit to; confine: a high wall that bounded the prison yard; lives that were bounded by poverty.2. To constitute the boundary or limit of: a city park that was bounded by busy streets.3. To identify the boundaries of; demarcate.v.intr. To border on another place, state, or country.Idioms: in/within bounds Sports Within the boundary of a playing field or court and therefore in play or legal. out of bounds1. Sports Outside the boundary of a playing field or court and therefore not in play or legal.2. Outside the boundary of where one is allowed to be; in a forbidden or unauthorized place: The research lab is out of bounds for first-year students.3. In violation of acceptable rules or standards, as of decency: felt the guest's behavior was out of bounds.
[Middle English, from Old French bodne, bonde and Anglo-Norman bunde, both from Medieval Latin bodina, of Celtic origin.]

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B0420000 (bound)v.Past tense and past participle of bind.adj.1. Confined by bonds; tied: bound hostages.2. Being under legal or moral obligation: bound by my promise.3. Equipped with a cover or binding: bound volumes.4. Predetermined; certain: We're bound to be late.5. Determined; resolved: Many public policy students are bound to be politicians one day.6. Linguistics Being a form, especially a morpheme, that cannot stand as an independent word, such as a prefix or suffix.7. Constipated.

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B0420000 (bound)adj. Headed or intending to head in a specified direction: commuters bound for home; a south-bound train.
[Alteration of Middle English boun, ready, from Old Norse būinn, past participle of būa, to get ready; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots.]