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BOUND

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

Synonyms:

bounce; bound; leap; leaping; saltation; spring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bound" is a kind of...):

jump; jumping (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bound"):

caper; capriole (a playful leap or hop)

pounce (the act of pouncing)

Derivation:

bound (spring back; spring away from an impact)

bound (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The greatest possible degree of something

Example:

to the limit of his ability

Synonyms:

bound; boundary; limit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("bound" is a kind of...):

extent (the distance or area or volume over which something extends)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bound"):

knife-edge (a narrow boundary)

absoluteness; starkness; utterness (the quality of being complete or utter or extreme)

heat barrier; thermal barrier (a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating)

level best; maximum; utmost; uttermost (the greatest possible degree)

brink; verge (the limit beyond which something happens or changes)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

Synonyms:

bound; boundary; bounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("bound" is a kind of...):

extremity (the outermost or farthest region or point)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bound"):

shoreline (a boundary line between land and water)

surface (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object)

lineation; outline (the line that appears to bound an object)

demarcation; demarcation line; limit (the boundary of a specific area)

end (a boundary marking the extremities of something)

border; edge (the boundary of a surface)

city line (the boundary of a city)

county line (the boundary between two counties)

district line (the boundary between two districts)

bourn; bourne (an archaic term for a boundary)

border; borderline; boundary line; delimitation; mete (a line that indicates a boundary)

heliopause (the boundary marking the edge of the sun's influence; the boundary (roughly 100 AU from the sun) between the interplanetary medium and the interstellar medium; where the solar wind from the sun and the radiation from other stars meet)

frontier (an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary)

hairline (the natural margin formed by hair on the head)

Instance hyponyms:

Rubicon (the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war)

Moho; Mohorovicic discontinuity (the boundary between the Earth's crust and the underlying mantle)

Derivation:

bound (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

bound (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A line determining the limits of an area

Synonyms:

bound; boundary; edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("bound" is a kind of...):

line (a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bound"):

thalweg (the middle of the chief navigable channel of a waterway that forms the boundary line between states)

lower bound ((mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set)

upper bound ((mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set)

brink; threshold; verge (a region marking a boundary)

fringe; outer boundary; periphery (the outside boundary or surface of something)

border; margin; perimeter (the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary)

rim (the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object)

Derivation:

bound (place limits on (extent or amount or access))

bound (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Confined by bonds

Example:

bound and gagged hostages

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

wired (tied or bound with wire)

tied; trussed (bound or secured closely)

tethered (confined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain)

pinioned (bound fast especially having the arms restrained)

furled; rolled (rolled up and secured)

fettered; shackled (bound by chains fastened around the ankles)

chained; enchained (bound with chains)

Also:

unfree (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)

Antonym:

unbound (not restrained or tied down by bonds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form

Example:

leather-bound volumes

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

brassbound (having trim or fittings of brass)

cased (enclosed in a case)

half-bound ((of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another)

paperback; paperbacked ((of books) having a flexible binding)

well-bound ((of books) having a sturdy and attractive binding)

Antonym:

unbound (not secured within a cover)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(usually followed by 'to') governed by fate

Example:

he is destined to be famous

Synonyms:

bound; destined

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

certain; sure (certain to occur; destined or inevitable)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Confined in the bowels

Example:

he is bound in the belly

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

constipated (have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

conjugate; conjugated (of an organic compound; containing two or more double bonds each separated from the other by a single bond)

conjugate; conjugated (formed by the union of two compounds)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Antonym:

free (unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Bound by contract

Synonyms:

apprenticed; articled; bound; indentured

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unfree (hampered and not free; not able to act at will)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students'

Example:

a flight destined for New York

Synonyms:

bound; destined

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

orientated; oriented (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Covered or wrapped with a bandage

Example:

an injury bound in fresh gauze

Synonyms:

bandaged; bound

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

treated (given medical care or treatment)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Bound by an oath

Example:

a bound official

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

sworn (bound by or stated on oath)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Example:

limit the time you can spend with your friends

Synonyms:

bound; confine; limit; restrict; throttle; trammel

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bound"):

scant; skimp (limit in quality or quantity)

cumber; encumber; restrain (restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult)

delimit; delimitate; demarcate (set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something)

clamp down; crack down (repress or suppress (something regarded as undesirable))

constrain; stiffen; tighten; tighten up (severely restrict in scope or extent)

cramp; halter; hamper; strangle (prevent the progress or free movement of)

mark off; mark out (set boundaries to and delimit)

draw a line; draw the line (reasonably object (to) or set a limit (on))

gate (restrict (school boys') movement to the dormitory or campus as a means of punishment)

tie (limit or restrict to)

reduce; tighten (narrow or limit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

bound (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

bound (a line determining the limits of an area)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spring back; spring away from an impact

Example:

These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Synonyms:

bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bound" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bound"):

kick; kick back; recoil (spring back, as from a forceful thrust)

bound off; skip (bound off one point after another)

carom (rebound after hitting)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

bound (a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Move forward by leaps and bounds

Example:

Can you jump over the fence?

Synonyms:

bound; jump; leap; spring

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "bound" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bound"):

hop (make a jump forward or upward)

caper (jump about playfully)

hop; hop-skip; skip (jump lightly)

curvet (perform a leap where both hind legs come off the ground, of a horse)

overleap; vault (jump across or leap over (an obstacle))

leapfrog (jump across)

vault (bound vigorously)

saltate (leap or skip, often in dancing)

ski jump (jump on skis)

galumph (move around heavily and clumsily)

capriole (perform a capriole, of horses in dressage)

bounce (leap suddenly)

burst (move suddenly, energetically, or violently)

bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop (spring back; spring away from an impact)

pronk (jump straight up)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

bounder (someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition))

bound (a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Form the boundary of; be contiguous to

Synonyms:

border; bound

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "bound" is one way to...):

confine; enclose; hold in (close in)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bound"):

skirt (form the edge of)

verge (border on; come close to)

shore (serve as a shore to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

bound (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

bound (a line determining the limits of an area)

boundary (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

boundary (a line determining the limits of an area)

Credits

 Context examples: 

When I arrived at the port of Maldonada (for so it is called) there was no ship in the harbour bound for Luggnagg, nor likely to be in some time.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

"The LSST will be leaps and bounds beyond any other survey we have in terms of capability to find small interstellar visitors," Knight said.

('Oumuamua interstellar object was not an alien spacecraft, National Science Foundation)

Traits with uncertain explanations include their gradual growth, their seasonal reappearance, their rapid fading when inactive, and the presence of hydrated salts, which have water molecules bound into their crystal stucture.

(Recurring Martian Streaks: Flowing Sand, Not Water?, NASA)

Also called Abraxane, nanoparticle paclitaxel, paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation, and protein-bound paclitaxel.

(ABI-007, NCI Dictionary)

Proto-LBC is membrane bound; onco-LBC is cytosolic.

(A Kinase Anchor Protein 13, NCI Thesaurus)

Mercury’s great valley is bound by two large fault scarps—cliff-like landforms that resemble stair steps.

(‘Great Valley’ Found on Mercury, NASA)

Also called ABI-007, nanoparticle paclitaxel, paclitaxel albumin-stabilized nanoparticle formulation, and protein-bound paclitaxel.

(Abraxane, NCI Dictionary)

This allele, which encodes ADAM17 protein, is involved in the cleavage of membrane-bound cell-surface proteins to release their mature soluble forms.

(ADAM17 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Alpha-naphthyl butyrate covers the external surface of the plasma membrane in monocytes and membrane-bounded intracellular organelles in lymphocytes.

(Alpha-naphthyl Butyrate Esterase, NCI Thesaurus)

A preparation consisting of allogeneic, differentiated Th1-like T cells bound to T cell-stimulating monoclonal antibodies with potential antitumor activity.

(Allogeneic CD4+ Memory Th1-like T Cells/Microparticle-bound Anti-CD3/anti-CD28, NCI Thesaurus)