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Look up: Bound

  1. bound
    [adj] - bound by an oath 2. [adj] - headed or intending to head in a certain direction 3. [adj] - being under moral or legal obligation 4. [adj] - (chemistry and physics) held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union 5. [adj] - secured with a cover or binding 6. [adj] - confined by bonds 7. [v] - form the boundary of
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. bound
    the lowest sub-band in which intensity stereo coding is used, in the case of joint stereo mode Category: Electrical engineering and energy • in land warfare,a single movement,usually from cover to cover,made by troops often under enemy fire Category: Defense
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. Bound
    Definition (keystage 3) A set of numbers is said to be bounded above, if we can find a number which is larger than any number in the set. Such a number is called an upper bound for the set. Similarly, a set is bounded below by a number, called a lower bound, which is smaller than any number in the set. If a set is bounded both above and below, we j …
    Found on http://thesaurus.maths.org/mmkb/entry.ht

  4. Bound
    Bound noun [ Middle English bounde , bunne , Old French bonne , bonde , bodne , French borne , from Late Latin bodina , bodena , bonna ; probably of Celtic origin; confer Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden , bod , a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Confer Bourne …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  5. Bound
    Bound transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bounded ; present participle & verbal noun Bounding .] 1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine. « Where full me …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  6. Bound
    Bound intransitive verb [ French bondir to leap, Old French bondir , bundir , to leap, resound, from Latin bombitare to buzz, hum, from bombus a humming, buzzing. See Bomb .] 1. To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain. « …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  7. Bound
    Bound transitive verb 1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [ R.] Shak. 2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. [ Collog.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  8. Bound
    Bound noun 1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. « A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth. » 2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Johnson. 3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  9. Bound
    Bound imperfect & past participle of Bind .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  10. Bound
    Bound past participle & adjective 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. 2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. 3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. 4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail. 5. Reso …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  11. Bound
    Bound adjective [ Past p. of Middle English bounen to prepare, from boun ready, prepared, from Icelandic būinn , past participle of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to English boor and bower . See Bond , adjective , and confer Busk , v. ] Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; g …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/85

  12. bound
    The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary. "He hath compassed the waters with bounds." (Job xxvi. 10) "On earth's remotest bounds." (Campbell) "And mete the bounds of hate and love." (Tennyson) …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?b

  13. bound
    destined adjective 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. bound
    adjective bound by an oath; `a bound official`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. bound
    border verb form the boundary of; be contiguous to
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. Bound
    `Bound` may refer to: *Upper and lower bounds, observed limits of mathematical functions *Terms or bounds, segments of each astrological sign that are said to have different ruling planets *Bound state, a composite of two or more building blocks that behave as a single object *In law, parties can be bound to an enforceable contract *Bound, a descriptor of a book that has gone through the bookbinding process *Edward McKendree Bounds, a Methodist m...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bound

  17. Bound
    `Bound` may refer to: *Upper and lower bounds, observed limits of mathematical functions *Terms or bounds, segments of each astrological sign that are said to have different ruling planets *Bound state, a composite of two or more building blocks that behave as a single object *In law, parties can be bound to an enforceable contract *Bound, a descriptor of a book that has gone through the bookbinding process *Edward McKendree Bounds, a Methodist m...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bound

  18. Bound
    • (p. p.) of Bind • (imp.) of Bind • (v.) Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz. • (p. p. & a.) Constipated; costive. • (v. t.) To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. • (n.) A leap; an elastic spring; a jum...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  19. bound
    1. a line determining the limits of an area
    2. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
    3. a light springing movement upwards or forwards

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9 January 2009

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In 1972 the Cunard ship the Queen Elizabeth started to burn and burned for 3 days. Queen Elizabeth was launched on September 27, 1938 and due to the war in Europe, her maiden voyage ended on 7 March 1940 with a surprise arrival in New York Harbor. During her war service she carried over 811,000 passengers and sailed over 500,000 miles. At 83,637 gross registered tons, she would be the largest passenger ship afloat for the next 34 years. read more

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