Results for bound
Definitions of bound:
part of speech: noun
A leap, spring, or jump; a light elastic step; a limit; extent.
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adjective
Destined; going, or ready to go to.
part of speech: past tense, past participle
Of bind, which see; confined or restrained- as wind- bound, ice- bound; obliged by moral ties.
part of speech: past tense, past participle
part of speech: noun
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb
To spring or leap; to move forward by leaps or jumps.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb intransitive
part of speech: verb
To limit; to restrain or confine.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: verb transitive
To cause to spring back with elastic motion; to serve as a limit to; to inclose; geographically, to lie alongside of; as, Austria bounds Italy on the north; to name the countries or waters surrounding; as, to bound Italy.
part of speech: verb transitive
To set bounds to: to limit, restrain, or surround.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To jump or spring suddenly or move in jumps, one after the other; to leap.
part of speech: adjective
Tied; restrained; confined; intending to go; on the way; as, bound for France; inclosed in a cover, as a book; compelled; destined.
Usage examples for bound:
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Q. Where bound for?
"The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt", Oliver Remey Henry Cochems Wheeler Bloodgood -
As soon as she heard your name mentioned- and that was bound to happen, for this family has been talking about you ever since they first knew you- she began to ask questions.
"A Bicycle of Cathay", Frank R. Stockton -
You've had no sleep day or night, I'll be bound
"Carl and the Cotton Gin", Sara Ware Bassett -
I am ill, but I was bound to come.
"Two Boys and a Fortune", Matthew White, Jr.