Associations to the word «Bounds»

BOUND, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of bind

BOUND, adjective. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).

BOUND, adjective. (with infinitive) Very likely (to).

BOUND, adjective. (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.

BOUND, adjective. (mathematics) (logic) (of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.

BOUND, adjective. (dated) constipated; costive

BOUND, noun. (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

BOUND, noun. (mathematics) a value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values

BOUND, verb. To surround a territory or other geographical entity.

BOUND, verb. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.

BOUND, noun. A sizeable jump, great leap.

BOUND, noun. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.

BOUND, noun. (dated) A bounce; a rebound.

BOUND, verb. (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.

BOUND, verb. (transitive) To cause to leap.

BOUND, verb. (intransitive) (dated) To rebound; to bounce.

BOUND, verb. (transitive) (dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

BOUND, adjective. (obsolete) ready, prepared.

BOUND, adjective. Ready, able to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

BOUND BAILIFF, noun. (UK) (legal) A sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc.

BOUND FOR, adverb. Moving towards, going in that direction.

BOUND FOR, adverb. To predict something as inevitable, unavoidable.

BOUND FORM, noun. (linguistics) a unit of language that can be only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own (such as the English suffix -ly)

BOUND MORPHEME, noun. A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example, -ed, -ing, -ly.

BOUND MORPHEMES, noun. Plural of bound morpheme

BOUND ON EQUIP, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of bind on equip

BOUND ON PICKUP, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of bind on pickup

BOUND OVER, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of bind over

BOUND PROPERTIES, noun. Plural of bound property

BOUND PROPERTY, noun. (computing) (object-oriented) A property of an object that transmits notification of any changes to an adapter or event handler.

BOUND STATE, noun. (particle) A composite of two or more particles that behaves as a single particle.

BOUND STATES, noun. Plural of bound state

BOUND UP, verb. To be connected or relevant to

BOUND UP, verb. To focus intently on something to the exclusion of other matters

BOUND UP, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of bind up

BOUND VARIABLE, noun. (computing) A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language implements a representation of a canonical unknown value, infinity, etc., the value bound to the variable may be one of these.

BOUND VARIABLES, noun. Plural of bound variable

BOUND WATER, noun. (hydrology) Water that is bound to an inorganic surface.

BOUND, noun. A line determining the limits of an area.

BOUND, noun. The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something.

BOUND, noun. The greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability".

BOUND, noun. A light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards.

BOUND, verb. Move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?".

BOUND, verb. Form the boundary of; be contiguous to.

BOUND, verb. Place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends".

BOUND, verb. Spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide".

BOUND, adjective. Confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages".

BOUND, adjective. Held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union.

BOUND, adjective. Secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes".

BOUND, adjective. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous".

BOUND, adjective. Covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze".

BOUND, adjective. 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".

BOUND, adjective. Bound by an oath; "a bound official".

BOUND, adjective. Bound by contract.

BOUND, adjective. Confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly".