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

Pa. t. and pa. p. of BIND.

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

of Bind

part of speech: noun

A limit; a boundary.

part of speech: adjective

Ready to go.

part of speech: noun

A leap; a spring; a rebound.

part of speech: verb

To spring or leap; to move forward by leaps or jumps.

part of speech: noun

A limit or boundary.

part of speech: verb intransitive

To spring or leap.

part of speech: verb

To limit; to restrain or confine.

part of speech: noun

A spring or leap.

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:

• 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.