The meaning of BOUND is fastened by or as if by a band : confined —often used in combination. How to use bound in a sentence.

The company is bound by a special agreement to involve the union in important decisions. The judge who presided over the trial told the panel's members they were not bound to accept that ruling.

1. in bonds or chains; tied with or as if with a rope: a bound prisoner. 2. (in combination) restricted; confined: housebound; fogbound. 3. (postpositive; foll by an infinitive) destined; sure; certain: it's …

To bound is to jump or hop — usually as you run. Bound can also mean to go or to plan to go, especially to a certain destination, as in being bound for New York or homeward-bound.

If you say that something is bound to happen, you mean that you are sure it will happen, because it is a natural consequence of something that is already known or exists.

Bound (1996 film), an American neo-noir film by the Wachowskis Bound (2015 film), an American erotic thriller film by Jared Cohn Bound (2018 film), a Nigerian romantic drama film by Frank Rajah Arase …

to place under obligation or compulsion (usually used passively): We are bound by good sense to obey the country's laws. Law to put under legal obligation, as to keep the peace or appear as a witness …

1 day ago · (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier. (dated) Constipated; costive. Confined or restricted to a certain place. Unable to move in certain conditions.

(often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory. I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on. Somewhere within …

There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun bound, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.