leap leaping spring saltation bound bounce | a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards |
limit bound boundary | the greatest possible degree of something, what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior, to the limit of his ability |
bound morpheme bound form | a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction, eg an -s at the end of plural nouns |
boundary bound bounds | the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
boundary edge bound | a line determining the limits of an area |
upper bound | (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set |
lower bound | (mathematics) a number equal to or less than any other number in a given set |
restrict restrain trammel limit bound confine throttle | place limits on (extent or access), restrict the use of this parking lot, limit the time you can spend with your friends |
bounce resile take a hop spring bound rebound recoil reverberate ricochet | spring back, spring away from an impact, The rubber ball bounced, These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide |
skip bound off | bound off one point after another |
jump leap bound spring | move forward by leaps and bounds, The horse bounded across the meadow, The child leapt across the puddle, Can you jump over the fence? |
bound border | form the boundary of, be contiguous to |
desk-bound deskbound | restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity |
bound | confined by bonds, bound and gagged hostages |
bound | secured with a cover or binding, often used as a combining form, bound volumes, leather-bound volumes |
half-bound | (of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another |
well-bound | (of books) having a sturdy and attractive binding |
bound(p) destined | (usually followed by `to') governed by fate, bound to happen, an old house destined to be demolished, he is destined to be famous |
bound up wrapped up | deeply devoted to, bound up in her teaching, is wrapped up in his family |
weather-bound | delayed or shut in by bad weather, weather-bound traffic, irritable weather-bound children |
bound(p) | confined in the bowels, he is bound in the belly |
fascinated hypnotized hypnotised mesmerized mesmerised spellbound spell-bound transfixed | having your attention fixated as though by a spell |
in-bound | between the first and third base lines |
out-of-bound | outside the foul lines |
muscle-bound | having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise, he arrived accompanied by two muscle-bound body guards |
bound | held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union |
apprenticed articled bound indentured | bound by contract |
frost-bound | (of the ground) made hard by frost |
outbound outward outward-bound | that is going out or leaving, the departing train, an outward journey, outward-bound ships |
duty-bound(p) obliged(p) | under a moral obligation to do something |
bound destined | headed or intending to head in a certain direction, often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students', children bound for school, a flight destined for New York |
homeward homeward-bound | oriented toward home, in a homeward direction, homeward-bound commuters |
bandaged bound | covered or wrapped with a bandage, the bandaged wound on the back of his head, an injury bound in fresh gauze |
bound up | closely or inseparably connected or associated with, his career is bound up with the fortunes of the enterprise |
bound | bound by an oath, a bound official |