bound
Obliged (to).
Adjective 4 meanings
Obliged (to).
“You are not legally bound to reply.”
That cannot stand alone as a free word.
Constrained by a quantifier.
Constipated; costive.
Noun 4 meanings
A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
“I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.”
A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
A sizeable jump, great leap.
“The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.”
A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
Verb 4 meanings
To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
“grounds bounded on three sides by a river.”
To be the bound of.
To leap, move by jumping.
“The rabbit bounded down the lane.”
To cause to leap.
“to bound a horse”
Etymology
From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ȝebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ġebunden respectively. See bind.
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BOUND at a glance
BOUND has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + U 1 + N 1 + D 2) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,147 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with bound
All rhymes- AROUND7
- FOUND9
- GROUND8
- SOUND6
- ROUND6
- FUND8
- BACKGROUND20
- POUND8
- UNDERGROUND14
- WOUND9
- COMPOUND15
- PROFOUND14
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