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      bound
      noun
      (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
      (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
      A sizeable jump, great leap.
      A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
      A surname.
      (dated) A bounce; a rebound.
      verb
      (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
      (transitive, mathematics) To be the bound of.
      (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
      (transitive) To cause to leap.
      (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.
      (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
      adjective
      Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
      (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
      Confined or restricted to a certain place.
      Unable to move in certain conditions.
      (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to
      (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
      (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
      (dated) Constipated; costive.
      (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
      Synonyms for bound
      destinedadjfetteredadjboundenadjapprenticedadjboundarynconfinevshackledadjlimitntetheredadjtiedadjbordernconstrainedadjleapnironboundrestrictvindenturedadjarticledadjhandcuffedv
      Words related to bound
      brassboundadjenchainedadjtrussedadjcaseboundadscriptionnbandagedadjfurledadjbindingnpinionedadjbindsvunboundadjsoftboundgaggedvchainedadjclothboundadjrebindvhogtiedbinderynboundednessnhardboundadjlacedadjbookbindingn

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