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English

Alternative forms

• bownd (archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd

Etymology 1

From Middle English bound, bund (preterite) and bounden, bunden, ibunden, ?ebunden (past participle), from Old English bund- and bunden, ?ebunden respectively. See bind.

Verb

bound

1. simple past tense and past participle of bind

   I bound the splint to my leg.

   I had bound the splint with duct tape.

Adjective

bound (not comparable)

1. (with infinitive) Obliged (to).

2. (linguistics, of a morpheme) That cannot stand alone as a free word.
3. (mathematics, logic, of a variable) Constrained by a quantifier.
4. (dated) Constipated; costive.
5. Confined or restricted to a certain place; e.g. railbound.
6. Unable to move in certain conditions; e.g. snowbound.

Antonyms

• (logic: constrained by a quantifier): free

Hyponyms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bound, bownde, alternation (with -d partly for euphonic effect and partly by association with Etymology 1 above) of Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”).

Adjective

bound (comparative more bound, superlative most bound)

1. (obsolete) Ready, prepared.
2. Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of).

   Which way are you bound?

   Is that message bound for me?
3. (with infinitive) Very likely (to), certain to

Derived terms

Related terms

• bound to
• I'll be bound

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English bounde, from Old French bunne, from Medieval Latin bodina, earlier butina (“a bound, limit”)

Noun

bound (plural bounds)

1. (often used in plural) A boundary, the border which one must cross in order to enter or leave a territory.

   I reached the northern bound of my property, took a deep breath and walked on.

   Somewhere within these bounds you may find a buried treasure.

2. (mathematics) A value which is known to be greater or smaller than a given set of values.

Derived terms

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Etymology 4

From Middle English bounden, from the noun (see above).

Verb

bound (third-person singular simple present bounds, present participle bounding, simple past and past participle bounded)

1. To surround a territory or other geographical entity.
2. (mathematics) To be the boundary of.

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Etymology 5

From Middle English *bounden (attested as bounten), from French bondir (“leap", "bound", originally "make a loud resounding noise”); perhaps from Late Latin bombit?re, present active infinitive of bombit? (“hum, buzz”), frequentative verb, from Latin bombus (“a humming or buzzing”).

Noun

bound (plural bounds)

1. A sizeable jump, great leap.

   The deer crossed the stream in a single bound.

2. A spring from one foot to the other in dancing.
3. (dated) A bounce; a rebound.

   the bound of a ball

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)

Derived terms

• by leaps and bounds

Translations

Verb

bound (third-person singular simple present bounds, present participle bounding, simple past and past participle bounded)

1. (intransitive) To leap, move by jumping.

   The rabbit bounded down the lane.

2. (transitive) To cause to leap.

   to bound a horse

   • , Act V, Scene II, page 93:

     […] Or if I might buffet for my Loue, or bound my Hor?e for her fauours, I could lay on like a Butcher, and fit like a Iack an Apes, neuer off.

3. (intransitive, dated) To rebound; to bounce.

   a rubber ball bounds on the floor

4. (transitive, dated) To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; to bounce.

   to bound a ball on the floor

Derived terms

• rebound

Translations

Anagrams

• Dubon

Middle English

Noun

bound

1. Alternative form of band

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?e?s/
• Rhymes: -e?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English chacen, from Anglo-Norman chacer, Old French chacier, from Late Latin capti?re, present active infinitive of capti?, from Latin capt?, frequentative of capi?. Compare French chasser (“to hunt”, “to chase”), Spanish cazar (“to hunt”), Portuguese caçar (“to hunt”), see Norwegian skysse (“to hunt”).Doublet of catch.

Alternative forms

• chace (obsolete)

Noun

chase (countable and uncountable, plural chases)

1. The act of one who chases another; a pursuit.
2. A hunt.
3. (uncountable) A children's game where one player chases another.
4. (Britain) A large country estate where game may be shot or hunted.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 14:

     Outside, the stately oaks, rooted for ages in the green ground which has never known ploughshare, but was still a chase when kings rode to battle with sword and shield and rode a-hunting with bow and arrow, bear witness to his greatness.

5. Anything being chased, especially a vessel in time of war.
6. (obsolete) A wild animal that is hunted.

   Synonym: game

   • 1575, George Gascoigne, The Noble Arte of Venerie of Hunting, London: Christopher Barker, Chapter 40, p. 111,^[1]

     As touching the Harte and such other light chases or beasts of Uenerie, the huntesmen on horsebacke may followe theyr houndes alwayes by the same wayes that they saw him passe ouer,

   • c. 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, Act V, Scene 2,^[2]

     Hold, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase,

     For I myself must hunt this deer to death.

7. (nautical) Any of the guns that fire directly ahead or astern; either a bow chase or stern chase.
8. (real tennis) The occurrence of a second bounce by the ball in certain areas of the court, giving the server the chance, later in the game, to "play off" the chase from the receiving end and possibly win the point.
9. (real tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive the ball in order to gain a point.
10. (cycling) One or more riders who are ahead of the peloton and trying to join the race or stage leaders.
11. (music) A series of brief improvised jazz solos by a number of musicians taking turns.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

chase (third-person singular simple present chases, present participle chasing, simple past and past participle chased)

1. (transitive) To pursue.
   1. (transitive) To follow at speed.
   2. (transitive) To hunt.
   3. (transitive) To seek to attain.

      the team are chasing their first home win this season.

   4. (transitive) To seek the company of (a member of the opposite sex) in an obvious way.

      He spends all his free time chasing girls.

   5. (transitive, nautical) To pursue a vessel in order to destroy, capture or interrogate her.
2. (transitive) To consume another beverage immediately after drinking hard liquor, typically something better tasting or less harsh such as soda or beer; to use a drink as a chaser

   I need something to chase this shot with.

3. (transitive, cricket) To attempt to win by scoring the required number of runs in the final innings.

   Australia will be chasing 217 for victory on the final day.

4. (transitive, baseball) To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch

   Jones chases one out of the zone for strike two.

5. (transitive, baseball) To produce enough offense to cause the pitcher to be removed

   The rally chased the starter.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:chase.

Synonyms

• pursue

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• follow

Etymology 2

Perhaps from French châsse (“case”, “reliquary”), from Old French chasse, from Latin capsa.

Noun

chase (plural chases)

1. (printing) A rectangular steel or iron frame into which pages or columns of type are locked for printing or plate-making.

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Etymology 3

Possibly from obsolete French chas (“groove”, “enclosure”), from Old French, from Latin capsa, box. Or perhaps a shortening or derivative of enchase.

Noun

chase (plural chases)

1. A groove cut in an object; a slot: the chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.
2. (architecture) A trench or channel or other encasement structure for encasing (archaically spelled enchasing) drainpipes or wiring; a hollow space in the wall of a building encasing ventilation ducts, chimney flues, wires, cables or plumbing.
3. The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.
4. The cavity of a mold.
5. (shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Translations

Verb

chase (third-person singular simple present chases, present participle chasing, simple past and past participle chased)

1. (transitive) To groove; indent.
2. (transitive) To place piping or wiring in a groove encased within a wall or floor, or in a hidden space encased by a wall.

3. (transitive) To cut (the thread of a screw).
4. (transitive) To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

Translations

Anagrams

• Chaes, Cheas, HACEs, aches, e-cash, ecash

Further reading

• chase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia