(bound) v.i.
1. To strike and spring back from a surface, as a ball.
2. To leap; move by a series of leaps.
—v.t.
3. To cause to rebound.
—noun
1. A light elastic leap or spring; also, a rebound.
2. The distance passed over in a leap or bound. See synonyms under LEAP. [<F bondir leap]

(bound) v.t.
1. To set limits to; restrict.
2. To form the boundary of.
3. To describe or name the boundaries of.
—v.i.
4. To adjoin. See synonyms under CIRCUM SCRIBE, LIMIT. [<n.]
—noun
1. That which circumscribes or limits; boundary.
2. plural The district included within a boundary or limits. See synonyms under BANK, BOUNDARY. [<OF bonne, bonde <LL bodina limit. Related to BOURN¹.]

(bound)
Past tense and past participle of BIND.
—adjective
1. Made fast; tied; confined in bonds.
2. Constrained or compelled.
3. Having a cover or binding.
4. Apprenticed.
5. Colloq. Determined; resolved.
6. Constipated.

(bound) adjective
Having one's course directed; on the way; destined: with for or to. [<ON buinn <bua prepare]