Idioms for bound
- inseparably connected with.
- devoted or attached to: She is bound up in her teaching.
bound up in/with,
Origin of bound
1
past participle and past tense of
bind
OTHER WORDS FROM bound
bound·ness, nounWords nearby bound
Definition for bounding (2 of 3)
bound
2
[ bound ]
/ baʊnd /
verb (used without object)
to move by leaps; leap; jump; spring: The colt bounded through the meadow.
to rebound, as a ball; bounce: The ball bounded against the wall.
noun
a leap onward or upward; jump.
a rebound; bounce.
Origin of bound
2
1545–55; < Middle French
bond a leap,
bondir to leap, orig. resound ≪ Vulgar Latin
*bombitīre for
*bombitāre to buzz, whiz (Latin
bomb(us) (see
bomb) +
-it- intensive suffix +
-ā- thematic vowel +
-re infinitive suffix)
OTHER WORDS FROM bound
bound·ing·ly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bound
bind boundDefinition for bounding (3 of 3)
bound
3
[ bound ]
/ baʊnd /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to abut.
Origin of bound
3
1175–1225; Middle English
bounde < Anglo-French; Old French
bone, bonde, variant of
bodne < Medieval Latin
budina, of uncertain origin; cf.
bourn2
OTHER WORDS FROM bound
bound·a·ble, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for bounding
British Dictionary definitions for bounding (1 of 4)
British Dictionary definitions for bounding (2 of 4)
bound
2
/ (baʊnd) /
verb
to move forwards or make (one's way) by leaps or jumps
to bounce; spring away from an impact
noun
a jump upwards or forwards
by leaps and bounds
with unexpectedly rapid progess
her condition improved by leaps and bounds
a sudden pronounced sense of excitement
his heart gave a sudden bound when he saw her
a bounce, as of a ball
Word Origin for bound
C16: from Old French
bond a leap, from
bondir to jump, resound, from Vulgar Latin
bombitīre (unattested) to buzz, hum, from Latin
bombus booming sound
British Dictionary definitions for bounding (3 of 4)
bound
3
/ (baʊnd) /
verb
(tr)
to place restrictions on; limit
(when intr, foll by on)
to form a boundary of (an area of land or sea, political or administrative region, etc)
noun
maths
- a number which is greater than all the members of a set of numbers (an upper bound), or less than all its members (a lower bound)See also bounded (def. 1)
- more generally, an element of an ordered set that has the same ordering relation to all the members of a given subset
- whence, an estimate of the extent of some set
See bounds
Word Origin for bound
C13: from Old French
bonde, from Medieval Latin
bodina, of Gaulish origin
British Dictionary definitions for bounding (4 of 4)
bound
4
/ (baʊnd) /
adjective
- (postpositive, often foll by for) going or intending to go towards; on the way toa ship bound for Jamaica; homeward bound
- (in combination)northbound traffic
Word Origin for bound
C13: from Old Norse
buinn, past participle of
būa to prepare
Idioms and Phrases with bounding
bound