bound
verb/baʊnd/
/baʊnd/
see also bindVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bound | /baʊnd/ /baʊnd/ |
| he / she / it bounds | /baʊndz/ /baʊndz/ |
| past simple bounded | /ˈbaʊndɪd/ /ˈbaʊndɪd/ |
| past participle bounded | /ˈbaʊndɪd/ /ˈbaʊndɪd/ |
| -ing form bounding | /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/ /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to run with long steps, especially in an enthusiastic way
- The dogs bounded ahead.
Extra Examples- He bounded back to meet us.
- Louis came bounding down the stairs.
- The dog bounded up to him.
- A man bounded up to her and shook her hand.
- He braked sharply as a deer bounded across the road.
- [transitive, usually passive] (formal) to form the edge or limit of an area
- be bounded by something The field was bounded on the left by a wood.
Word Originverb sense 1 early 16th cent. (as a noun): from French bond (noun), bondir (verb) ‘resound’, later ‘rebound’, from late Latin bombitare, from Latin bombus ‘humming’. verb sense 2 Middle English (in the senses ‘landmark’ and ‘borderland’): from Old French bodne, from medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina, of unknown ultimate origin.
Check pronunciation:
bound