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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bind \Bind\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Bound}; p. p. {Bound}, formerly {Bounden}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Binding}.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix. [root]90.]
1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing. --Job xxviii. 11.
Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. --Luke xiii. 16.
3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton.
9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. --Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.
{To bind over}, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.
{To bind to}, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
{To bind up in}, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.
Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bound \Bound\, verb (used without an object) [F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a humming, buzzing. See {Bomb}.]
1. 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.
Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. --Pope.
And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider. --Byron.
2. To rebound, as an elastic ball.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bound \Bound\ (bound), noun [OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne, F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf. {Bourne}.] 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.
He hath compassed the waters with bounds. --Job xxvi. 10.
On earth's remotest bounds. --Campbell.
And mete the bounds of hate and love. --Tennyson.
{To keep within bounds}, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.
Syn: See {Boundary}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bound \Bound\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bounded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bounding}.]
1. 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.
Where full measure only bounds excess. --Milton.
Phlegethon . . . Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds. --Dryden.
2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bound \Bound\, adjective [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun ready, prepared, fr. Icel. b[=u]inn, p. p. of b[=u]a to dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See {Bond}, adjective, and cf. {Busk}, v.] 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. ''The mariner bound homeward.'' --Cowper.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bound \Bound\, verb (used with an object)
1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.] --Shak.
2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. [Collog.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bound \Bound\, noun
1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
A bound of graceful hardihood. --Wordsworth.
2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. --Johnson.
3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bound \Bound\, imp. & p. p. of {Bind}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.
1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]
6. Constipated; costive.
Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc.
{Bound bailiff} (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.
{Bound up in}, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bind
noun: something that hinders as if with bonds
verb
1: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: {adhere}, {hold fast}, {bond}, {stick}, {stick to}]
2: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" [syn: {tie}, {attach}, {bond}]
3: make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" [ant: {unbind}]
4: wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn: {bandage}]
5: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed" [syn: {tie down}, {tie up}, {truss}]
6: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: {oblige}, {hold}, {obligate}]
7: form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
8: provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
9: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" [syn: {tie}] [ant: {untie}]
10: cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you" [syn: {constipate}] [also: {bound}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bound
adjective
1: held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union [ant: {free}]
2: confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant: {unbound}]
3: secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" [ant: {unbound}]
4: (usually followed by 'to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" [syn: {bound(p)}, {destined}]
5: covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze" [syn: {bandaged}]
6: 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" [syn: {destined}]
7: bound by an oath; "a bound official"
8: bound by contract [syn: {apprenticed}, {articled}, {indentured}]
9: confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly" [syn: {bound(p)}]
noun
1: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: {boundary}, {edge}]
2: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something [syn: {boundary}, {bounds}]
3: a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: {leap}, {leaping}, {spring}, {saltation}, {bounce}]
verb
1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: {jump}, {leap}, {spring}]
2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: {border}]
3: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: {restrict}, {restrain}, {trammel}, {limit}, {confine}, {throttle}]
4: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: {bounce}, {resile}, {take a hop}, {spring}, {rebound}, {recoil}, {reverberate}, {ricochet}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bound See {bind}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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