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of Bind |
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of Bind |
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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 or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary. |
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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 inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to
confine. |
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To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. |
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To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a
succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the
herd bounded across the plain. |
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To rebound, as an elastic ball. |
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To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. |
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To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound;
as, to bound a ball on the floor. |
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A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. |
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Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. |
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Spring from one foot to the other. |
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imp. & p. p. of Bind. |
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Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the
like. |
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Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. |
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Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. |
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Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; --
followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to
fail. |
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Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. |
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Constipated; costive. |
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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. |