bound

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Travelling or heading toward a particular place.

   The train was bound for the coast.

2. 2
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of bind; tied or fastened.

   The prisoner's hands were bound behind his back.

3. 3
   verb

   To move forward quickly with great leaps.

   The dog bounded across the field to greet us.

4. 4
   noun

   A limit on how far something can go.

   Her excitement knew no bounds when she won the prize.

Common collocations

• bound up Verb + adverb
• handsomely bound Adverb + adjective
• lower bound Adjective + noun
• upper bound Adjective + noun

From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps from Late Latin bombitāre (“hum, buzz”), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”).

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