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Bound
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.
BoundBound Bound,
imp. & p. p. of Bind. BoundBound 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. BoundBound 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, 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.]
BoundBound 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.
Meaning of Bounds from wikipedia
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Astrology is a
range of
divinatory practices,
recognized as
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propose that
information about human affairs...
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Dallen Forrest Bounds (August 9, 1971 –
December 23, 1999) was an
American serial killer.
After killing two acquaintances, he
barricaded himself in a house...
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Lillian Marie Disney (née
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February 15, 1899 –
December 16, 1997) was an
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Bounds is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Bobby Bounds (born 1969),
American football player Dallen Bounds (1971–1999),
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- The
Bounds of Sense: An
Essay on Kant’s
Critique of Pure
Reason is a 1966 book
about Immanuel Kant's
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Beating the
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