| • | of Bind |
| • | of Bind |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To rebound, as an elastic ball. |
| • | To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. |
| • | To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. |
| • | A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. |
| • | Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. |
| • | Spring from one foot to the other. |
| • | imp. & p. p. of Bind. |
| • | Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. |
| • | Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. |
| • | Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. |
| • | Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail. |
| • | Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. |
| • | Constipated; costive. |
| • | 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. |
