v. 1
To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of.
grounds bounded on three sides by a river.
v. 2
To be the bound of.
adj. 1
Obliged (to).
You are not legally bound to reply.
n. 1
A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.
Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.

Related words

Word family: bounder
Phrases: bound bailiff bound entropy bound form bound morpheme bound state bound up bound to least upper bound

Forms

Plural: bounds → boundaries, edges, saltations, bournes…
Past participle: bounded
e.g. bounded → limited, confined, restricted, termed…

Choose the right word

Bound, Obliged, Engaged or Compelled?

One is bound by conscience or honor; he is obliged by some imperious necessity; engaged by his own promise; compelled by physical force or its moral equivalent.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

reverberate Yanni heard the voice reverberate through the woods.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
bound		steady
trammel		falling
reverberate		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: end¹, hop¹, hem¹
4 letters: sure¹, list¹, term¹, trip¹, jump¹, edge¹, tied¹, boom¹, skip¹, leap¹, ramp¹, romp¹, mete¹
5 letters: limit², fixed¹, skirt¹, vault¹, sworn¹, stint¹, caper²
6 letters: spring¹, border², define², bounce¹, liable³, bourne¹, recoil², resile, curvet, lollop
7 letters: certain², rebound², confine², enclose², besiege², trammel², bounden, behedge
8 letters: boundary³, restrict², surround², destined², throttle², restrain², tethered², ricochet³, beholden³, shackled², bandaged², encircle³, articled, fettered²
9 letters: conjugate³, saltation, beleaguer³
10 letters: indentured³
11 letters: constipated⁴, apprenticed³, reverberate⁴
12 letters: circumscribe³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (limit² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: bondir
Italiano: balzare
Español: botar
Català: botar