bind
     n : something that hinders as if with bonds
     v 1: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
          [syn: {adhere}, {hold fast}, {bond}, {stick}, {stick to}]
     2: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
        bond with the child" [syn: {tie}, {attach}, {bond}]
     3: make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope; "The
        Chinese would bind the feet of their women" [ant: {unbind}]
     4: wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose [syn: {bandage}]
     5: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners";
        "tie up the old newspapes and bring them to the recycling
        shed" [syn: {tie down}, {tie up}, {truss}]
     6: bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; "He's held by a
        contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise" [syn: {oblige},
         {hold}, {obligate}]
     7: form a chemical bond with; "The hydrogen binds the oxygen"
     8: provide with a binding; "bind the books in leather"
     9: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied
        their victim to the chair" [syn: {tie}] [ant: {untie}]
     10: cause to be constipated; "These foods tend to constipate
         you" [syn: {constipate}]
     [also: {bound}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

bound
     adj 1: held with another element, substance or material in chemical
            or physical union [ant: {free}]
     2: confined by bonds; "bound and gagged hostages" [ant: {unbound}]
     3: secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining
        form; "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes" [ant: {unbound}]
     4: (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to
        happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is
        destined to be famous" [syn: {bound(p)}, {destined}]
     5: covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound on
        the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"
        [syn: {bandaged}]
     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"; "a flight destined for New
        York" [syn: {destined}]
     7: bound by an oath; "a bound official"
     8: bound by contract [syn: {apprenticed}, {articled}, {indentured}]
     9: confined in the bowels; "he is bound in the belly" [syn: {bound(p)}]
     n 1: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: {boundary}, {edge}]
     2: the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of
        something [syn: {boundary}, {bounds}]
     3: a light springing movement upwards or forwards [syn: {leap},
         {leaping}, {spring}, {saltation}, {bounce}]
     v 1: move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across
          the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can
          you jump over the fence?" [syn: {jump}, {leap}, {spring}]
     2: form the boundary of; be contiguous to [syn: {border}]
     3: place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of
        this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your
        friends" [syn: {restrict}, {restrain}, {trammel}, {limit},
         {confine}, {throttle}]
     4: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
        bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
        after they collide" [syn: {bounce}, {resile}, {take a hop},
         {spring}, {rebound}, {recoil}, {reverberate}, {ricochet}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

bound
     See {bind}
Source: WordNet® 2.0