bound

1a :  a limiting line :  boundary —usually used in plural The ball landed out of bounds.b :  something that limits or restrains beyond the bounds of decency police officers overstepping their bound

2 usually bounds a :  borderlandb :  the land within certain bounds woodland bounds

3 mathematics :  a number greater than or equal to every number in a set (such as the range of a function); also :  a number less than or equal to every number in a set

past tense and past participle of bind

1 :  to set limits to :  confine art … is always greater than the rules with which we may attempt to bound it — C. S. Kilby

2 :  to form a separating line or the boundary of :  enclose A chain-link fence bounds the yard. The state is bounded on its east by the Connecticut River.

3 :  to name the boundaries of Students were asked to bound their state.

1 :  placed under legal or moral restraint or obligation :  obliged duty-bound

2a :  fastened by or as if by a band :  confined desk-boundb :  very likely :  sure bound to rain soon

3 :  made costive (see costive 1a) :  constipated

4 of a book :  secured to the covers by cords, tapes, or glue leather-bound

5 :  determined, resolved was bound and determined to have his way

6 :  held in chemical or physical combination

7 :  always occurring in combination with another linguistic form un- in unknown and -er in speaker are bound forms — compare free 11d

1 :  leap, jump cleared the hedge at a bound

2 :  the action of rebounding :  bounce

1 :  to move by leaping deer bounding across a field She bounded down the stairs.

2 :  rebound, bounce a bounding rubber ball

:  going or intending to go homeward bound

1 :  a boundary line

2 :  a point or line beyond which a person or thing cannot go The ball has to stay within these bounds.

past and past participle of bind

:  to form the boundary of The farm is bounded by a river on one side.

1 :  tied or fastened with or as if with bands

2 :  required by law or duty bound by honor

3 :  under the control of something bound by the spell

4 :  covered with binding a bound book

5 :  firmly determined

6 :  very likely :  certain It is bound to rain.

:  a leap or long jump

:  to make a long leap or move in leaps

1:  made costive :  constipated

2:  held in chemical or physical combination bound water in a molecule

1 :  boundary —usually used in plural metes and bounds

2 :  something that limits or restrains within the bounds of the law

past and past part of bind

:  to form the boundary of or enclose property bounded on the north by a stone wall

:  placed under a legal or moral restraint or obligation