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Bound
Bound Bound, n.
1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump.
A bound of graceful hardihood. --Wordsworth.
2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. --Johnson.
3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other.
BoundBound Bound,
imp. & p. p. of Bind. BoundBound Bound, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bounding.]
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 inclose; to
circumscribe; to restrain; to confine.
Where full measure only bounds excess. --Milton.
Phlegethon . . . Whose fiery flood the burning
empire bounds. --Dryden.
2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. BoundBound Bound, v. i. [F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to
leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a
humming, buzzing. See Bomb.]
1. 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.
Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. --Pope.
And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows
his rider. --Byron.
2. To rebound, as an elastic ball. Bound
Bound Bound, v. t.
1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [R.]
--Shak.
2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as,
to bound a ball on the floor. [Collog.]
BoundBound Bound, a. [Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun
ready, prepared, fr. Icel. b[=u]inn, p. p. of b[=u]a to
dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See Bond, a.,
and cf. Busk, 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. ``The mariner bound homeward.'
--Cowper.
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Homeward Bound may
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Homeward Bound (1923 film), an
American silent film
directed by
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- lower)
bound is said to be
bounded from
above or
majorized (respectively
bounded from
below or minorized) by that
bound. The
terms bounded above (
bounded below)...
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Outward Bound (OB) is an
international network of
outdoor education organizations that was
founded in the
United Kingdom by
Lawrence Holt and Kurt Hahn...
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Branch and
bound (BB, B&B, or BnB) is a
method for
solving optimization problems by
breaking them down into
smaller sub-problems and
using a
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Zuckerman Bound is a
trilogy of
novels by
Philip Roth,
originally published in 1985. Each of the
books follows the
struggles and
writing career of Roth's...
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Blood In
Blood Out (also
known as
Bound by
Honor and
Blood In
Blood Out:
Bound By Honor) is a 1993
American epic
crime drama film
directed by
Taylor Hackford...
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these feet were
known as
lotus shoes. In late
imperial China,
bound feet were
considered a
status symbol and a mark of
feminine beauty. However...
