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There are at least three separate [[verb]] forms '''bound'''. Do not confuse these.
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*'''Bound''' can be the [[past tense]] and the [[past participle]] of the [[Bind (irregular verb)|irregular verb 'to bind']]. This means 'to tie'.
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*It is also the [[present tense]] of different regular verbs:
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**'to '''bound'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> (''[[OED]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s '''''v.'''''<sup>2</sup>) means 'to jump up' or 'along'. This can be [[literal]] (horses are often said to '''bound''' along) or [[figurative]], as when someone's spirits, or mood, is said to '''bound''' up. (This verb is connected [[etymology|etymological]]ly with 're'''bound'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>.)
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**'to '''bound'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> is also a [[verb]] whose general meaning is 'to set a limit to', or 'mark the '''bound'''aries of'. (This verb (''[[OED]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s '''''v.'''''<sup>1</sup>) is connected [[etymology|etymological]]ly with '''bound'''ary.) A [[noun]] '''bound''' is also current. It means 'a boundary', 'the limits marking out a particular area'. Soldiers in barracks, or children in school, mazy be set clear bounds: whedn they are caught '''out of bounds''', they are likely to be ordered to return '''in bounds'''; American [[football][] commentators may say that a catch was not a touchdown, because it was caught '''out of bounds''' (outside the border of the field). Many parishes in England
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:::Both of these, being [[regular verb]]s, have past forms, both past tense and past participle, '''bound<big>ed</big>'''.
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*Some [[participial adjective]]s '''bound''' also exist. They form perhaps the commonest use of the word in spoken [[Present-day English]].
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**The first is the [[-ed participle]] of the obsolete verb ''boun'', of which the general sense was 'to make ready', 'to prepare' or 'to dress'. Hence '''bound''' ([[archaic]]ally '''''bouned''''') means 'ready'. From this there is a special sense:
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***'ready', or 'set on', 'aiming at', a particular destination. This is common when saying where a ship is going: "She is London (or homeward) '''bound'''"; a ship leaving London may be 'foreign '''bound'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>.
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**The [[participial adjective]] of 'to 'bind' (~ 'tied') also has special meanings. Some belong to particular contexts:
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***Invalids may be '''house-bound''', '''bed-bound''' or '''wheelchair-bound''', that is, 'tied' to those places. People who have led active lives, such as soldiers, and then been promoted into management can be '''desk-bound'''.
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***People who work outdoors, or live in rural areas, may be '''weather-bound''', or 'tied' to the house by rainstorms, etc. Sailing ships used on occasion to be '''wind-bound''', that is, 'tied' to harbour by a wind that was not favourable to departure.
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***The pages of books are 'tied' into a binding, or '''bound''', as in '''leather-bound''' or '''paper-bound''' (nowadays, usually 'paperback'). These may be prepared bya ''binder''' (person, or nowadays a machine) in a '''bindery''' (place of work);
 
***The pages of books are 'tied' into a binding, or '''bound''', as in '''leather-bound''' or '''paper-bound''' (nowadays, usually 'paperback'). These may be prepared bya ''binder''' (person, or nowadays a machine) in a '''bindery''' (place of work);
 
***There is also a most common [[figurative]] meaning. This appears to have been influenced by the above [[participle]] of ''bound''. ''[[OED]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s meaning '''7.'''is: "'''a.'''Under obligations (of duty, gratitude, etc.); Const[ruction] a person, or the duty owed; '''b.''' Having entered into a contract binding to service, as ‘a bound apprentice’; '''c.''' With ''inf''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[infinitive|''initive'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.: Compelled, obliged; under necessity (esp. logical or moral); fated, certain; also in ''U.S.'' determined, resolved (sc. to go, etc.).
 
***There is also a most common [[figurative]] meaning. This appears to have been influenced by the above [[participle]] of ''bound''. ''[[OED]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s meaning '''7.'''is: "'''a.'''Under obligations (of duty, gratitude, etc.); Const[ruction] a person, or the duty owed; '''b.''' Having entered into a contract binding to service, as ‘a bound apprentice’; '''c.''' With ''inf''<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[infinitive|''initive'']]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.: Compelled, obliged; under necessity (esp. logical or moral); fated, certain; also in ''U.S.'' determined, resolved (sc. to go, etc.).

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      • The pages of books are 'tied' into a binding, or bound', as in leather-bound or paper-bound (nowadays, usually 'paperback'). These may be prepared bya binder (person, or nowadays a machine) in a bindery (place of work);
      • There is also a most common figurative meaning. This appears to have been influenced by the above participle of bound. OED's meaning 7.is: "a.Under obligations (of duty, gratitude, etc.); Const[ruction] a person, or the duty owed; b. Having entered into a contract binding to service, as ‘a bound apprentice’; c. With inf[initive].: Compelled, obliged; under necessity (esp. logical or moral); fated, certain; also in U.S. determined, resolved (sc. to go, etc.).
You may also want to see AWE's pages on the related terms rebound, binder and bounder.
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