bound

Headed for somewhere

Bound is closely related to bind and bond in some of its meanings, and it serves as the past tense and past participle of bind.

If something is bound, it is tied up or connected with a bond.

The infinitive bound means to leap: The deer bounded over the fence.

In the plural, bounds refers to a limit or boundary: Play stopped when the ball went out of bounds.

If you’re bound to do something, it’s likely or inevitable that you will.

If a vehicle or traveler is bound for a place, they are headed there.

leap

jump

Propel oneself airborne

springRecoiling metal spiral
vaultSecure storage chamber
hopSmall, quick jump

skip · bounce · lunge · pounce · hurdle · ricochet · kangaroo · gazelle · leapfrog · springbok

restrained

tethered

Fastened by a line

shackledBound with metal restraints
chainedBound with links
fetteredBound in chains

tied · confined · restricted · restrained · trapped · caged · pinned · clamped · fastened · secured

limit

border

Outer edge or limit

constraintLimiting condition or rule
thresholdPoint of beginning
ceilingRoom's upper surface

cap · restriction · confines · demarcation · perimeter · edge · extent · parameter · margin · scope

obligation

duty

Required moral task

committedFirmly pledged or bound
obligatedRequired by duty
beholdenOwing thanks or duty

indebted · pledged · contracted · compelled · required · accountable · liable · answerable · promised

destination

homeward

Toward one's dwelling

northwardToward the top
southwardToward the equator's direction
eastwardToward the sunrise

westward · outward · inward · heavenward · seaward · cityward · airport · destined · headed · traveling

bookbinding

hardbound

Book with stiff covers

clothboundBound in textile
spiralboundSecured with wire loops
paperboundBook with flexible cover

gilt · spine · cover · sewn · stitched · glued · codex · rebind · tooled

bound

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tethered

border

duty

homeward

hardbound

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