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Definition of bounds

noun:

• the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something. Synonyms: bound, boundary.
• a line determining the limits of an area. Synonyms: bound, boundary, edge.
• the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something. Synonyms: bound, boundary.
• the greatest possible degree of something; "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior", "to the limit of his ability". Synonyms: bound, boundary, limit.
• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards. Synonyms: bounce, bound, leap, leaping, saltation, spring.

verb:

• move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow", "The child leapt across the puddle", "Can you jump over the fence?". Synonyms: bound, jump, leap, spring.
• form the boundary of; be contiguous to. Synonyms: border, bound.
• place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot", "limit the time you can spend with your friends". Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammel.
• spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced", "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide". Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.

Related words

absoluteness, baffle, border, borderline, bounce, bound, bourn, bourne, brink, burst, caper, capriole, carom, constrain, cramp, cumber, curvet, delimitation, demarcation, edge, encumber, end, fringe, frontier, galumph, gate, hairline, halter, hamper, harness, heliopause, hop, inhibit, kick, leapfrog, limit, lineation, margin, maximum, mete, outline, overleap, perimeter, periphery, pounce, pronk, rebound, recoil, reduce, regulate, rein, resile, restrain, reverberate, ricochet, rim, rule, saltate, shore, shoreline, skip, skirt, spring, starkness, stiffen, strangle, surface, thalweg, threshold, tie, tighten, utmost, uttermost, utterness, vault, verge.

Words nearby

bound.

Rhymes with

grounds.