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bound

adjective
  1. confined by bonds
    “bound and gagged hostages”
  2. secured with a cover or binding
  3. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
  4. bound by contract
    apprenticedarticledindentured
  5. headed or intending to head in a certain direction
    “often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'”
    destined
  6. covered or wrapped with a bandage
    bandaged
  7. bound by an oath
    “a bound official”
  8. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
    destined
  9. confined in the bowels
noun
  1. a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
    saltation
  2. the greatest possible degree of something
    “What they did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior.”
    limitboundary
  3. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
    boundarybounds
  4. a line determining the limits of an area
    edgeboundary
verb
  1. to place limits on extent or access
    “We bound the arena so that it only extends ten miles in all directions.”
    throttletrammellimitrestrictrestrainconfine
  2. to move forward by leaps and bounds
    “The horse bounded across the meadow.”
    spring
  3. to form the boundary of
    “The fence bounds my farmland.”
    border