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								held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union 2.
								confined by bonds
 bound and gagged hostages
 3.
								secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
 bound volumes
 leather-bound volumes
 4.
								(usually followed by 'to') governed by fate
 bound to happen
 5.
								covered or wrapped with a bandage
 an injury bound in fresh gauze
 6.
								headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in 'college-bound students'
 children bound for school
 7.
								bound by an oath
 a bound official
 8.
								bound by contract
 9.
								confined in the bowels
 he is bound in the belly
 
 'bound' - used as a noun
 10.
								a line determining the limits of an area
 11.
								the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
 12.
								the greatest possible degree of something
 what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior
 13.
								a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
 
 'bound' - used as a verb
 14.
								move forward by leaps and bounds
 The horse bounded across the meadow
 15.
								form the boundary of; be contiguous to
 16.
								place limits on (extent or access)
 17.
								spring back; spring away from an impact
 
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			| derived forms
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			| 1. Bound / Plural bounds
 2. Bound / Past
 bounded
 3. Bound / Third Person
 bounds
 4. Bound / Present Participle
 bounding
 
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