Overview of noun bounds

The noun bounds has 1 sense

• boundary, bound, bounds -- (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)

Overview of noun bound

The noun bound has 4 senses

• boundary, edge, bound -- (a line determining the limits of an area)


• boundary, bound, bounds -- (the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something)


• limit, bound, boundary -- (the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability")


• leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce -- (a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards)

Overview of verb bound

The verb bound has 4 senses

• jump, leap, bound, spring -- (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, border -- (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)


• restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")


• bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet -- (spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide")