bounds
Jumps or limits
Bounds are limits or boundaries—the edges of what is permitted or possible.
To stay within bounds is to remain acceptable; to go out of bounds is to exceed limits or enter forbidden territory.
In sports, bounds mark the playing area: The ball went out of bounds.
As a verb, bounds means leaps: The dog bounds across the yard.
Something that knows no bounds is limitless: Her generosity knows no bounds.
Limits on action
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- confinesEnclosed boundaries or limits
- parametersDefined boundaries or constraints
caps · ceilings · thresholds · margins · extent · scope · range · demarcation
Legal authority's scope
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- domainArea of control
- purviewRange of authority
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
remit · mandate · competence · sphere · province · ambit · reach · power
Within legal playing area
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
- baselineStandard for comparison
- endlineCourt or field boundary
- touchlineField's side boundary
court · field · pitch · lines · markers · offside · penalty · territory
Pushes off ground
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- leapsShort springing motions
- vaultsSecure storage rooms
- hopsBittering agent for ale
skips · bounces · lunges · pounces · rebounds · ricochets · galloping · springing
Short springing motions
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- expansivenessQuality of great extent
- possibilityState of being achievable
potential · openness · flexibility · reach · horizons · frontiers · unlimited · unconstrained
constraints
Limits on action
- limitationsImposed or inherent bounds
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- confinesEnclosed boundaries or limits
parameters · caps · ceilings · thresholds · margins · extent · scope · range · demarcation · containment
jurisdiction
Legal authority's scope
authority · remit · mandate · competence · sphere · province · ambit · reach · power · sovereignty
inbounds
Within legal playing area
touchline · court · field · pitch · lines · markers · offside · penalty · territory · zone
jumps
Pushes off ground
hops · skips · bounces · lunges · pounces · rebounds · ricochets · galloping · springing · prancing
leaps
Short springing motions
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- expansivenessQuality of great extent
possibility · potential · openness · flexibility · reach · horizons · frontiers · unlimited · unconstrained · unfettered
- constraint solvingconstraints, variables, domains, backtracking, consistency
- constraintsconstraint, limits, restrictions, deadline, restraints
- enclosesencloses, surrounds, encircles, encompasses, contains
- restrictionsban, bans, limits, limit, restrictions
- boundariesborders, border, edges, edge, limits
- space constraintsconfined, cramped, restricted, tight space, cramped quarters
boundsinfinity
Unlimited extent or quantity
boundlessness · limitlessness · endlessness · unboundedness · freedom
- out of boundsBeyond permitted limits
- bound toCertain to occur
- leaps and boundsRapid, remarkable progress
- bound forTraveling toward destination
- bound upClosely connected or involved
- upper boundMaximum permitted value
bound, boundary, rebound, bounding, abound, boundless, unbounded, boundaries, abounding