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bound [ bownd ] (past and past participle bound·ed, present participle bound·ing, 3rd person present singular bounds)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
go energetically: to move quickly and energetically, with large strides or jumps
A puppy came bounding across the lawn.

[Early 16th century. Via French bondir "resound, rebound" < Latin bombire "to buzz" < bombus< Greek bombos "booming sound"]

bound noun
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