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say it: bownd
bound is an adjective, noun and verb meaning "confined by bonds". It is pronounced /ˈbaʊnd/ — bownd. It carries 17 recorded senses.
secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
“bound volumes”
“leather-bound volumes”
bound by contract
a line determining the limits of an area
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
the greatest possible degree of something
“what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior”
“to the limit of his ability”
spring back; spring away from an impact
“The rubber ball bounced”
“These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for bound come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.