Word Meaning

bounds definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for bounds

- Leap
- Trussed
- Leaps
- Skips