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| bound [ bownd ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle bound·ed, present participle bound·ing, 3rd person present singular bounds) |
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1. surround area: to form the boundary to an area or site
  grounds bounded on three sides by the river
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2. restrict something: to impose limits on something
political views not bounded by moral convictions
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noun (plural bounds) |
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mathematics limiting number: a number that represents the upper or lower end of a range of possible values
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adjective |
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1. linguistics not constituting word: describes a unit of meaning morpheme that cannot be used on its own as a word.
See also freeadj (sense 20)
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2. grammar not constituting sentence: describes a grammatical element such as a clause that can only be used with another element
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| [14th century. < Anglo-Norman bounde, Old French bodne< medieval Latin butina; originally "boundary marker"] |
