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What does bound mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of bind
Adjective
  1. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).
  2. (with infinitive) Very likely (to).
  3. (linguistics) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
  4. (mathematics) Constrained by a quantifier.
  5. (dated) Constipated; costive.
  6. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
  7. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.
Noun
  1. (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
  2. (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.
Verb
  1. To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
  2. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.
Noun
  1. A sizeable jump, great leap.
  2. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
  3. (dated) A bounce; a rebound.
Verb
  1. (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.
  2. (transitive) To cause to leap.
  3. (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.
  4. (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.
Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
  2. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).
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