- 1[intransitive] + adv./prep. to run with long steps, especially in an enthusiastic way The dogs bounded ahead.
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- 2[transitive, usually passive] bound something (formal) to form the edge or limit of an area The field was bounded on the left by woods.
bound
verbNAmE//baʊnd//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bound ,
he / she / it bounds ,
past simple bounded ,
-ing form bounding ,
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