bound4 Syllabification: (bound)Pronunciation: /bound/Translate bound | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of bound past and past participle of bind. adjective 1 [in combination] restricted or confined to a specified place:his job kept him city-bound prevented from operating normally by the specified conditions:blizzard-bound Boston 2 [with infinitive] certain to do or have something:there is bound to be a change of plan obliged by law, circumstances, or duty to do something:I’m bound to do what I can to help Sam I’m bound to say that I’m not sure 3 [in combination] (of a book) having a specified binding:fine leather-bound books 4 Linguistics (of a morpheme) unable to occur alone, e.g., dis- in dismount. 5constipated. Phrases bound up in focusing on, to the exclusion of all else:she was too bound up in her own misery to care that other people were hurt bound up with (or in) closely connected with or related to:democracy is bound up with a measure of economic and social equalitybound in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of bound in the British & World English dictionary
