(imp.) of Bind
(p. p.) of Bind
(n.) The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of
any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which
something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary.
(v. t.) To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of
extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or
form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to
confine.
(v. t.) To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
(v. i.) To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a
succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the
herd bounded across the plain.
(v. i.) To rebound, as an elastic ball.
(v. t.) To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
(v. t.) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound;
as, to bound a ball on the floor.
(n.) A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
(n.) Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
(n.) Spring from one foot to the other.
imp. & p. p. of Bind.
(p. p. & a.) Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the
like.
(p. p. & a.) Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
(p. p. & a.) Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
(p. p. & a.) Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; --
followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to
fail.
(p. p. & a.) Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
(p. p. & a.) Constipated; costive.
(v.) Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with
to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz,
or for Cadiz.
