English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Bouncingly (adv.)

With a bounce.

Bound (v. t.)

To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse.

Bound (imp.)

of Bind

Bound (p. p.)

of Bind

Bound (v.)

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.

Bound (p. p. & a.)

Constipated; costive.

Bound (p. p. & a.)

Resolved; as, I am bound to do it.

Bound (p. p. & a.)

Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail.

Bound (p. p. & a.)

Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

Bound (p. p. & a.)

Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume.

Bound (p. p. & a.)

Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like.

Bound

imp. & p. p. of Bind.

Bound (n.)

Spring from one foot to the other.

Bound (v. i.)

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.

Bound (n.)

Rebound; as, the bound of a ball.

Bound (n.)

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.

Bound (v. t.)

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.

Bound (v. t.)

To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France.

Bound (v. t.)

To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor.

Bound (n.)

A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.