Meaning of 'bound'

adjective

confined by bonds

Example: "bound and gagged hostages"

adjective

secured with a cover or binding

adjective

held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

adjective

bound by contract

Synonyms: apprenticed articled indentured

adjective

headed or intending to head in a certain direction

Example: "often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'"

Synonyms: destined

adjective

covered or wrapped with a bandage

Synonyms: bandaged

adjective

bound by an oath

Example: "a bound official"

noun

a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

Synonyms: saltation

noun

the greatest possible degree of something

Example: "What they did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior."

Synonyms: limit boundary

noun

the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

Synonyms: boundary bounds

noun

a line determining the limits of an area

Synonyms: edge boundary

verb

to place limits on extent or access

Example: "We bound the arena so that it only extends ten miles in all directions."

Synonyms: throttle trammel limit restrict restrain confine

verb

to move forward by leaps and bounds

Example: "The horse bounded across the meadow."

Synonyms: spring

verb

to form the boundary of

Example: "The fence bounds my farmland."

Synonyms: border

adjective

(usually followed by `to') governed by fate

Synonyms: destined

adjective

confined in the bowels