English dictionary
bound
adjectiveAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- confined by bonds
adjective
- secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
adjective
- (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
adjective
- confined in the bowels
adjective
- held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
adjective
- bound by contract
adjective
- headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
adjective
- covered or wrapped with a bandage
adjective
- bound by an oath
noun
- a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
noun
- the greatest possible degree of something
noun
- the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
noun
- a line determining the limits of an area
verb
- place limits on (extent or amount or access)
verb
- spring back; spring away from an impact
verb
- move forward by leaps and bounds
verb
- form the boundary of; be contiguous to
Example sentences
bound and gagged hostages
bound volumes
leather-bound volumes
bound to happen
an old house destined to be demolished
he is destined to be famous
he is bound in the belly
children bound for school
a flight destined for New York
the bandaged wound on the back of his head
an injury bound in fresh gauze
a bound official
what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
to the limit of his ability
restrict the use of this parking lot
limit the time you can spend with your friends
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
The horse bounded across the meadow
The child leapt across the puddle
Can you jump over the fence?