bound

bound is a 5-letter English word with 37 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Bind. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 37 senses

Definitions

1. past tense. of Bind
2. past participle. of Bind
3. noun. 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.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. transitive verb. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
6. intransitive verb. 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.
7. intransitive verb. To rebound, as an elastic ball.
8. transitive verb. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.
9. transitive verb. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.
10. noun. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
11. noun. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.
12. noun. Spring from one foot to the other.
13. imp. & p. p. of Bind.
14. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
15. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
16. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
17. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
18. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.
19. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple & adjective. Constipated; costive.
20. verb. 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.
21. noun. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

    Synonyms: bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring

22. noun. the greatest possible degree of something

    "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"

    "to the limit of his ability"

    Synonyms: boundary, limit

23. noun. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

    Synonyms: boundary, bounds

24. noun. a line determining the limits of an area

    Synonyms: boundary, edge

25. verb. place limits on (extent or access)

    "restrict the use of this parking lot"

    "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

    Synonyms: confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel

26. verb. spring back; spring away from an impact

    "The rubber ball bounced"

    "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

    Synonyms: bounce, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring

27. verb. move forward by leaps and bounds

    "The horse bounded across the meadow"

    "The child leapt across the puddle"

    Synonyms: jump, leap, spring

28. verb. form the boundary of; be contiguous to

    Synonyms: border

29. adjective. confined by bonds

    "bound and gagged hostages"

30. adjective. secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form

    "bound volumes"

    "leather-bound volumes"

31. adjective. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

    "bound to happen"

    "an old house destined to be demolished"

    Synonyms: destined

32. adjective. confined in the bowels

    "he is bound in the belly"

33. adjective. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
34. adjective. bound by contract

    Synonyms: apprenticed, articled, indentured

35. adjective. 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"

    Synonyms: destined

36. adjective. covered or wrapped with a bandage

    "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"

    "an injury bound in fresh gauze"

    Synonyms: bandaged

37. adjective. bound by an oath

    "a bound official"

Synonyms

bounce, leap, leaping, saltation, spring, boundary, limit, bounds, edge, confine, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, jump, border, destined, apprenticed, articled

Common word forms

bounds, bounded, bounden, bounder, boundly, bounding, boundable, boundless, boundness

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