bound1
v.
walk or run with leaping strides.
n.
a leaping movement towards or over something.
Etymology
C16: from Fr. bond (n.), bondir (v.) ‘resound’, later ‘rebound’, from late L. bombitare, from L. bombus ‘humming’.
bound2
n.
- a boundary.
- a limitation or restriction.
▸technical a limiting value.
v.
- form the boundary of.
- restrict.
Phrase
- out of bounds
- beyond the acceptable or permitted limits.
- (in sport) beyond the field of play.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. bodne, from med. L. bodina, earlier butina.
bound3
adj.
going towards somewhere:
a train bound for Edinburgh.
▸destined to have a particular experience:
they were bound for disaster.
Etymology
ME boun (in the sense ‘ready, dressed’), from ON búinn, past part. of búa ‘get ready’.
bound4
adj.
-
(-bound)
restricted or confined to or by a place or situation:
his job kept him city-bound.
- certain to be or to do or have something.
▸obliged to do something.
-
(-bound)
(of a book) having a specified binding.
- (of a grammatical element) occurring only in combination with another form.
past and past participle of
bind.
Phrase
- I'll be bound
Brit. I am sure.