bound
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition confined by bonds
- definition held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
- definition secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
- definition (usually followed by ‘to’) governed by fate
- definition covered or wrapped with a bandage
- definition headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in ‘college-bound students’
- definition bound by an oath
- definition bound by contract
- definition confined in the bowels
- definition a line determining the limits of an area
- definition the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
- definition the greatest possible degree of something
- definition a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
- definition move forward by leaps and bounds
- definition form the boundary of; be contiguous to
- definition place limits on (extent or amount or access)
- definition spring back; spring away from an impact