BOUND
participle
Definitions
- 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.
- 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.
- 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.
- 4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.
- 5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]
- 6. Constipated; costive.
Other Definitions
This word also has 3 other definitions:
BOUND
(adjective)
Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz. "The m...
BOUND
(noun)
The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited ...
BOUND
(verb)
1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to...
Added: October 09, 2025
Updated: October 09, 2025
