(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.
(dated) A bounce; a rebound.
simple past and past participle of bind
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.
(with infinitive) Obliged (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.
Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
(obsolete) Ready, prepared.
Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
(with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to