bound
Cross references:
1. free
1. bound \'bau.nd\ aj [ME boun, fr. ON bu-inn, pp. of bu-a to dwell,
prepare;] akin to OHG bu-an to dwell - more at BOWER archaic 1: READY 2:
intending to go : GOING {~ for home}
2. bound n [ME, fr. OF bodne, fr. ML bodina] 1a: a limiting line : BOUNDARY
- usu. used in pl. 1b: something that limits or restrains usu pl 2a:
BORDERLAND 2b: the land within certain bounds
3. bound vt 1: to set limits to : CONFINE 2: to form the boundary of :
ENCLOSE 3: to name the boundaries of
4. bound aj [ME bounden, fr. pp. of binden to bind] 1a: fastened by or as
if by a band : CONFINED {desk-bound)> 1b: CERTAIN, SURE {~ to rain soon}
2: placed under legal or moral restraint or obligation : OBLIGED
<(duty-bound} 3: CONSTIPATED, COSTIVE of a book 4a: secured to its covers
by cords or tapes 4b: cased in 5: RESOLVED, DETERMINED 6: held in
chemical or physical combination 7: always occuring in combination with
another linguistic form (as un-)X in unknown, -er in speaker)
5. bound n [MF bond, fr. bondir to leap, fr. (assumed) VL bombitire to
h]um, fr. L bombus deep hollow sound - more at BOMB 1: LEAP, JUMP 2:
BOUNCE, REBOUND
6. bound vi 1: to move by leaping 2: REBOUND, BOUNCE