Collins English-English Dictionary

bound [baυnd]

1. 1. vb to move forwards or make (one's way) by leaps or jumps

2. 2. vb to bounce; spring away from an impact

3. 3. n a jump upwards or forwards

4. 4. n a sudden pronounced sense of excitement

   his heart gave a sudden bound when he saw her

5. 5. n a bounce, as of a ball

6. 6. n [Etymology] C16: from Old French bond a leap, from bondir to jump, resound, from Vulgar Latin bombitire (unattested) to buzz, hum, from Latin bombus booming sound

bound [baυnd]

1. 1. vt. [tr] to place restrictions on; limit

2. 2. vt. [when intr, foll by on] to form a boundary of (an area of land or sea, political or administrative region, etc)

3. 3. n [maths] a number which is greater than all the members of a set of numbers (an upper bound), or less than all its members (a lower bound) - See also bounded

4. 4. n more generally, an element of an ordered set that has the same ordering relation to all the members of a given subset

5. 5. n whence, an estimate of the extent of some set

6. 6. n See bounds

7. 7. n [Etymology] C13: from Old French bonde, from Medieval Latin bodina, of Gaulish origin

bound [baυnd]

1. 1. adj [postpositive, often foll by for] going or intending to go towards; on the way to

   a ship bound for Jamaica

   homeward bound

2. 2. adj (in combination)

   northbound traffic

3. 3. adj [Etymology] C13: from Old Norse buinn, past participle of bua to prepare