What is "bound"

Bind \Bind\, v. t. [imp. Bound; p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden; p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. ? (for ?) cable, and L. offendix.

1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.

   He bindeth the floods from overflowing.
   --Job xxviii. 11.

   Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years.
   --Luke xiii. 16.

3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.

4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.

5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.

6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.

7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.

   Who made our laws to bind us, not himself.
   --Milton.

9. (Law)

   1. To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant.
      --Abbott.

   2. To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service.

      To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc.

      To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.

      To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.

      Syn: To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.

Bound \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), n. [OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne, F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf. Bourne.] 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.

He hath compassed the waters with bounds.
--Job xxvi. 10.

On earth's remotest bounds.
--Campbell.

And mete the bounds of hate and love.
--Tennyson.

To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.

Syn: See Boundary.

Bound \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.

Bound \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.

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.]

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.

Bound \Bound\, imp. & p. p. of Bind.

Bound \Bound\, p. p. & a.

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

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

3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

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

5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [Collog. U. S.]

6. Constipated; costive.

   Note: Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc.

   Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust.

   Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from.

"to form the boundary of," also "to set the boundaries of," late 14c., from bound (n.). Related: Bounded; bounding.

"to leap," 1580s, from French bondir "to rebound, resound, echo," from Old French bondir "to leap, rebound; make a noise, beat (a drum)," 13c., ultimately "to echo back," from Vulgar Latin *bombitire "to buzz, hum" (see bomb (n.)), perhaps on model of Old French tentir, from Vulgar Latin *tinnitire.

"fastened," mid-14c., in figurative sense of "compelled," from bounden, past participle of bind (v.). Meaning "under obligation" is from late 15c.; the literal sense "made fast by tying" is the latest recorded (1550s).

"ready to go," c.1200, boun, from Old Norse buinn past participle of bua "to prepare," also "to dwell, to live," from Proto-Germanic *bowan (cognates: Old High German buan "to dwell," Old Danish both "dwelling, stall"), from PIE root *bheue- "to be, exist, dwell" (see be). Final -d is presumably through association with bound (adj.1).

"limit," c.1200, from Anglo-Latin bunda, from Old French bonde "limit, boundary, boundary stone" (12c., Modern French borne), variant of bodne, from Medieval Latin bodina, perhaps from Gaulish. Now chiefly in out of bounds, which originally referred to limits imposed on students at schools.

Etymology 1

1. (context with infinitive English) obliged (to). v

2. (en-pastbind) Etymology 2

   n. 1 (context often used in plural English) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. 2 (context mathematics English) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values vb. 1 To surround a territory or other geographical entity. 2 (context mathematics English) To be the boundary of. Etymology 3

   n. 1 A sizeable jump, great leap. 2 A spring from one foot to the other in dancing. 3 (context dated English) A bounce; a rebound. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To leap, move by jumping. 2 (context transitive English) To cause to leap. 3 (context intransitive dated English) To rebound; to bounce. 4 (context transitive dated English) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce. Etymology 4

   1. 1 (context obsolete English) ready, prepared. 2 ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

1. n. something that hinders as if with bonds

2. [also: bound]

1. v. stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?" [syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, stick, stick to]

2. create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child" [syn: tie, attach, bond]

3. make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The Chinese would bind the feet of their women" [ant: unbind]

4. wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn: bandage]

5. secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, truss]

6. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: oblige, hold, obligate]

7. form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"

8. provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"

9. fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied their victim to the chair" [syn: tie] [ant: untie]

10. cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate you" [syn: constipate]

11. [also: bound]

1. adj. held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union [ant: free]

2. confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant: unbound]

3. secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" [ant: unbound]

4. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" [syn: bound(p), destined]

5. covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze" [syn: bandaged]

6. headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York" [syn: destined]

7. bound by an oath; "a bound official"

8. bound by contract [syn: apprenticed, articled, indentured]

9. confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly" [syn: bound(p)]

1. n. a line determining the limits of an area [syn: boundary, edge]

2. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something [syn: boundary, bounds]

3. a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bounce]

See bind

1. v. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" [syn: jump, leap, spring]

2. form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: border]

3. place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" [syn: restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, confine, throttle]

4. spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet]

Bound or bounds may refer to:

• Upper and lower bounds, observed limits of mathematical functions

The Bound was a British 4 wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by Bound Brothers of Southampton, England.

The car had single seat bodywork and was very narrow. Power came from a single cylinder Precision engine rated at 3½ horsepower and drive was to the rear wheels via a friction transmission. Very few were made.

"Bound" is the 2nd episode of the first season of the CW television series The Secret Circle, and the series' 2nd episode overall. It aired on September 22, 2011. The episode was written by Kevin Williamson & Andrew Miller. It was directed by Liz Friedlander.

Bound is a 2015 American erotic romantic thriller drama film written and directed by Jared Cohn and starring Charisma Carpenter and Daniel Baldwin. Produced by The Asylum, the film is also a mockbuster of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Bound is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by The Wachowskis in their feature film directorial debut. Violet ( Jennifer Tilly), who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend Caesar ( Joe Pantoliano), enters into a clandestine affair with alluring ex-con Corky ( Gina Gershon), and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of mafia money.

Bound was the first film directed by the Wachowskis, and they took inspiration from Billy Wilder to tell a noir story filled with sex and violence. Financed by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was made on a tight budget with the help of frugal crew members including cinematographer Bill Pope. The directors initially struggled to cast the lesbian characters of Violet and Corky before securing Tilly and Gershon. To choreograph the sex scenes, the directors employed "sex educator" Susie Bright, who also made a cameo appearance in the film.

Bound received positive reviews from film critics who praised the humor and style of the directors as well as the realistic portrayal of a lesbian relationship in a mainstream film. Detractors of the film criticized the excessive violence and superficiality of the plot. The film won several festival awards.

"Bound" is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Enterprise, originally broadcast on April 15, 2005. It was written by showrunner Manny Coto, and directed by Allan Kroeker. The episode featured the return of the Orion slave girls, which had been originally seen in the original pilot of Star Trek: The Original Series, "The Cage".

Set in the 22nd century, the series follows the adventures of the first Starfleet starship Enterprise, registration NX-01. In this episode, three Orion slave girls come on board the ship, and the crew, with the exception of Commander "Trip" Tucker and Commander T'Pol who seem to have a resistant psychic bond, begin acting strangely.

The episode featured the return of Cyia Batten and William Lucking who had both previously appeared in multi-episode parts in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Four time MTV Music Video Award for Choreography winner Travis Payne was brought on board to oversee the extensive choreography for the three actresses playing the Orion women. Each actress went through a four to five-hour make-up process for each day of filming, which required them to be sprayed green. "Bound" received Nielsen ratings of 1.8/3%, and critical reaction was mixed with one reviewer listing it amongst the best episodes of Enterprise while another listed as the worst episode ever of any Star Trek series.

"Bound" is the eleventh episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe. It follows the aftermath of Olivia's ( Anna Torv) capture in the previous episode, and subsequent efforts to identify and apprehend her kidnappers. Along with a double agent, Olivia's investigation is hampered by the appearance of Sanford Harris, an old adversary hired to audit Fringe Division.

The episode was written by series co-creators J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci, as well as executive producer Jeff Pinkner. Frederick E. O. Toye served as the episode's director, and sought to create a "creepy and weird" atmosphere for Olivia's kidnapping scene to help emphasize her "terrible circumstances." First director Gary Rake believed Olivia's action scenes took her to a "higher level", and Torv herself enjoyed filming them. In addition, the episode was the first to feature Ari Graynor as Olivia's sister, Rachel. Other guest actors included Chance Kelly, Michael Gaston, Lily Pilyblad, Sara Wilson, Stephen Schnetzer, and Peter Jay Fernandez.

The episode first aired on January 20, 2009 on the Fox network, and was watched by an estimated 11.96 million viewers. "Bound" received generally positive reviews from television critics, as many viewed it as an improvement over previous episodes. Actor Joshua Jackson noted the importance of "Bound" developmentally for the series. At the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards, the episode was submitted in the "Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series" and "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series" categories. Both were unsuccessful in securing nominations.