bound: significado e definições

To leap forward or upward; spring.

To progress by forward leaps or springs.

To bounce; rebound.

A leap; a jump.

A rebound; a bounce.

A boundary; a limit. Often used in the plural: Our joy knew no bounds. Your remarks exceed the bounds of reason.

The territory on, within, or near limiting lines: the bounds of the kingdom.

To set a limit to; confine: a high wall that bounded the prison yard; lives that were bounded by poverty.

To constitute the boundary or limit of: a city park that was bounded by busy streets.

To identify the boundaries of; demarcate.

To border on another place, state, or country.

Past tense and past participle of bind.

Confined by bonds; tied: bound and gagged hostages.

Being under legal or moral obligation: bound by my promise.

Equipped with a cover or binding: bound volumes.

Predetermined; certain: We're bound to be late.

Determined; resolved: She's bound to be mayor.

Linguistics Being a form, especially a morpheme, that cannot stand as an independent word, such as a prefix or suffix.

Constipated.

Headed or intending to head in a specified direction: commuters bound for home; a south-bound train.