I. ˈbau̇nd adjective
Etymology: Middle English boun, from Old Norse būinn, past participle of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to Old High German būan to dwell — more at bower
Date: 13th century
1. archaic : ready
2. : intending to go : going
bound for home
college- bound
II. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French bounde, bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : a limiting line : boundary — usually used in plural
b. : something that limits or restrains
beyond the bound s of decency
2. usually plural
a. : borderland
b. : the land within certain bounds
3. : a number greater than or equal to every number in a set (as the range of a function) ; also : a number less than or equal to every number in a set
III.
past and past participle of bind
IV. transitive verb
Date: 14th century
1. : to set limits or bounds to : confine
2. : to form the boundary of : enclose
3. : to name the boundaries of
V. adjective
Etymology: Middle English bounden, from past participle of binden to bind
Date: 14th century
1. : placed under legal or moral restraint or obligation : obliged
duty- bound
2.
a. : fastened by or as if by a band : confined
desk- bound
b. : very likely : sure
bound to rain soon
3. : made costive : constipated
4. of a book : secured to the covers by cords, tapes, or glue
5. : determined , resolved
6. : held in chemical or physical combination
7. : always occurring in combination with another linguistic form
un- in unknown and -er in speaker are bound forms
— compare free 11d
VI. noun
Etymology: Middle French bond, from bondir to leap, from Vulgar Latin * bombitire to hum, from Latin bombus deep hollow sound — more at bomb
Date: circa 1553
1. : leap , jump
2. : the action of rebounding : bounce
VII. intransitive verb
Date: 1592
1. : to move by leaping
2. : rebound , bounce