bounded Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb move forward by leaps and bounds
    jump; spring; leap; bound.
    • The horse bounded across the meadow
    • The child leapt across the puddle
    • Can you jump over the fence?
  2. verb form the boundary of; be contiguous to
    border; bound.
  3. verb place limits on (extent or access)
    throttle; bound; restrict; trammel; restrain; limit; confine.
    • restrict the use of this parking lot
    • limit the time you can spend with your friends
  4. verb spring back; spring away from an impact
    spring; rebound; bound; bounce; take a hop; reverberate; recoil; resile; ricochet.
    • The rubber ball bounced
    • These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
  5. adjective satellite having the limits or boundaries established
    delimited.
    • a delimited frontier through the disputed region

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