Etymology : Middle English, from Old English bindan; akin to Old High German bintan to bind, Greek peisma cable, Sanskrit badhnAti he binds
Pronunciation : bInd
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. limit, border, boundary. obligated; certain; fastened, tied. jump; leap; function as a border, delimit. bound\bound\, n.
2. a leap; an elastic spring; a jump. a bound of graceful hardihood.
3. rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
4. (dancing) spring from one foot to the other.bound \bound\, imp. & p. p. of bind.bound \bound\, p. p. & a.
5. restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
6. inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
7. under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
8. constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
9. resolved; as, i am bound to do it. [collog. u. s.].
10. constipated; costive.note: used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc.bound bailiff (eng. law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. the sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.bound \bound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. bounding.].
11. 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. where full measure only bounds excess. phlegethon whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds.
12. to name the boundaries of; as, to bound france.bound \bound\, v. i. [f. bondir to leap, of. bondir, bundir, to leap, resound, fr. l. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a humming, buzzing. see:
bomb.].
13. 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. before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. and the waves bound beneath me as a steed that knows his rider.
14. to rebound, as an elastic ball.bound \bound\ , n. [oe. bounde, bunne, of. bonne, bonde, bodne, f. borne, fr. ll. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of celtic origin; cf. arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. cf. bourne.] 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. he hath compassed the waters with bounds. xxvi.
15. on earth's remotest bounds. ampbell. and mete the bounds of hate and love.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
19. 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.
20. To rebound, as an elastic ball.
21. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
22. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
23. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
24. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
25. Spring from one foot to the other. imp. & p. p. of Bind.
26. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
27. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
28. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
29. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
30. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
31. Constipated; costive.
32. 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. form the boundary of; be contiguous to confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York" bound by an oath; "a bound official".
33. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
34. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
35. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
36. To make fast about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
37. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
38. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
39. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
40. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
41. To bring under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
42. To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
43. To tie; to confine by any ligature.
44. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat.
45. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
46. To exert a binding or restraining influence.
47. That which binds or ties.
48. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
49. Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron.
50. A ligature or tie for grouping notes. something that hinders as if with bonds form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen" make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather" create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child".
51. the past tense and past participle of bind.
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