v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Abounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Abounding. ] [ OE. abounden, F. abonder, fr. L. abundare to overflow, abound; ab + unda wave. Cf. Undulate. ] 1. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where sin abounded grace did much more abound. Rom. v. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be copiously supplied; -- followed by in or with. [ 1913 Webster ]

To abound in, to possess in such abundance as to be characterized by. --
To abound with, to be filled with; to possess in great numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men abounding in natural courage. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

A faithful man shall abound with blessings. Prov. xxviii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

It abounds with cabinets of curiosities. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 same as abundant abounding confidence
Syn. -- galore(postnominal) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Prevented from growing, by having the bark too firm or close. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Costive; constipated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Bound ready. ] Ready; prepared; destined; tending. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make or get ready. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bounced p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing ] [ OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative origin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another bounces as hard as he can knock. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room. [ 1913 Webster ]

Out bounced the mastiff. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bounced off his arm+chair. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [ Collog. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To bully; to scold. [ Collog. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bounce burst open the door. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Johnson. De Quincey.&unr_; [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a sudden leap; suddenly. [ 1913 Webster ]

This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me. Bickerstaff. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A boaster; a bully. [ Collog. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A bold lie; also, a liar. [ Collog. ] Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Something big; a good stout example of the kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stone must be a bouncer. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. a person employed by a tavern, nightclub, or other place of public meeting, to eject persons who become violent or unruly. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Stout; plump and healthy; lusty; buxom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many tall and bouncing young ladies. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive; big. “A bouncing reckoning.” B. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bouncing Bet (Bot.), the common soapwort (Saponaria officinalis). Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With a bounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. readily regaining its original shape or position after stretching, compression, or other deformation; as, clean bouncy hair.
Syn. -- live, lively, resilient, springy, whippy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. showing a joyous enthusiasm. Opposite of dull.
Syn. -- animated, bouncing, buoyant, exuberant, peppy, perky, spirited, zippy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. bounde, bunne, OF. bonne, bonde, bodne, F. borne, fr. LL. bodina, bodena, bonna; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Arm. bonn boundary, limit, and boden, bod, a tuft or cluster of trees, by which a boundary or limit could be marked. Cf. Bourne. ] The external or limiting line, either real or imaginary, of any object or space; that which limits or restrains, or within which something is limited or restrained; limit; confine; extent; boundary. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath compassed the waters with bounds. Job xxvi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

On earth's remotest bounds. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

And mete the bounds of hate and love. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Boundary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Past p. of OE. bounen to prepare, fr. boun ready, prepared, fr. Icel. būinn, p. p. of būa to dwell, prepare; akin to E. boor and bower. See Bond, a., and cf. Busk, v. ] Ready or intending to go; on the way toward; going; -- with to or for, or with an adverb of motion; as, a ship is bound to Cadiz, or for Cadiz. “The mariner bound homeward.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bounding. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To limit; to terminate; to fix the furthest point of extension of; -- said of natural or of moral objects; to lie along, or form, a boundary of; to inclose; to circumscribe; to restrain; to confine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where full measure only bounds excess. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Phlegethon . . .
Whose fiery flood the burning empire bounds. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To name the boundaries of; as, to bound France. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. bondir to leap, OF. bondir, bundir, to leap, resound, fr. L. bombitare to buzz, hum, fr. bombus a humming, buzzing. See Bomb. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To move with a sudden spring or leap, or with a succession of springs or leaps; as the beast bounded from his den; the herd bounded across the plain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the waves bound beneath me as a steed
That knows his rider. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rebound, as an elastic ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make to bound or leap; as, to bound a horse. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to rebound; to throw so that it will rebound; as, to bound a ball on the floor. [ Collog. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A leap; an elastic spring; a jump. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bound of graceful hardihood. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Dancing) Spring from one foot to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Bind. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. 1. Restrained by a hand, rope, chain, fetters, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inclosed in a binding or cover; as, a bound volume. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Under legal or moral restraint or obligation. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Constrained or compelled; destined; certain; -- followed by the infinitive; as, he is bound to succeed; he is bound to fail. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Resolved; as, I am bound to do it. [ Collog. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Constipated; costive. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Used also in composition; as, icebound, windbound, hidebound, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bound bailiff (Eng. Law), a sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc. The sheriff being answerable for the bailiff's misdemeanors, the bailiff is usually under bond for the faithful discharge of his trust. --
Bound up in, entirely devoted to; inseparable from. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Boundaries /plu> [ From Bound a limit; cf. LL. bonnarium piece of land with fixed limits. ] That which indicates or fixes a limit or extent, or marks a bound, as of a territory; a bounding or separating line; a real or imaginary limit. [ 1913 Webster ]

But still his native country lies
Beyond the boundaries of the skies. N. Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

That bright and tranquil stream, the boundary of Louth and Meath. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our thoughts. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Limit; bound; border; term; termination; barrier; verge; confines; precinct. Bound, Boundary. Boundary, in its original and strictest sense, is a visible object or mark indicating a limit. Bound is the limit itself. But in ordinary usage the two words are made interchangeable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having the limits or boundaries established.
Syn. -- delimited. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a defined physical border. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Math.) the quality of being finite.
Syn. -- finiteness, finitude. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p & a. [ Old. p. p. of bind. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Bound; fastened by bonds. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden. [ 1913 Webster ]

This holy word, that teacheth us truly our bounden duty toward our Lord God in every point. Ridley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am much bounden to your majesty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, limits; a boundary. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who behaves dishonorably or objectionably; a cad. [ PJC ]

a. Moving with a bound or bounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. “The boundless sky.” Bryant. “The boundless ocean.” Dryden. “Boundless rapacity.” “Boundless prospect of gain.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Bound"less*ly, adv. -- Bound"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quality of being infinite.
Syn. -- infiniteness, infinitude, unboundedness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; as, the fotball was caught out of bounds.
Syn. -- boundary, bound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the greatest possible extent or degree of something.
Syn. -- limit, boundary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ OE. bountevous, fr. bounte bounty. ] Liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; munificent; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts; as, bounteous production. [ 1913 Webster ]

But O, thou bounteous Giver of all good. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Boun"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Boun"te*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. rewarded or rewardable by a bounty; as, a bountied animal pelt. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors. [ 1913 Webster ]

God, the bountiful Author of our being. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plentiful; abundant; as, a bountiful supply of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Liberal; munificent; generous; bounteous. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Boun"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Boun"ti*ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bounties [ OE. bounte goodness, kindness, F. bonté, fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence. [ 1913 Webster ]

My bounty is as boundless as the sea. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is given generously or liberally. “Thy morning bounties.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bounty jumper, one who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [ Collog. ] --
Queen Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Munificence; generosity; beneficence. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Goodness; generosity. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. inflexibly entrenched; as, brassbound traditions.
Syn. -- ironclad, unchangeable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having trim or fittings of brass; as, a brassbound campaign chest; the heavy brass-bound door. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Crowned; having the head encircled as with a diadem. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having rigid front and back covers, covered with cloth; -- of books. Contrasted to softcover. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a thin layer of geologic deposits, of varying thickness in different parts of the world, found between the geological strata identified as Cretaceous and the strata above, identified as Tertiary; also, the time point or period marking the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods.
Syn. -- K/T boundary. [ PJC ]

☞According to a theory gaining acceptance (as of 1997), these deposits were formed as the debris of a large comet or meteorite impact on the earth, which threw up a large quantity of dust into the atmosphere, causing profound though temporary climatic change, and caused or hastened the extinction of numerous species, including the dinosaurs. This hypothesis was first postulated by Luis and Walter Alvarez on the basis of an excess of iridium found in the boundary layer, and was later supported by additional evidence of various types. The impact is believed to have occurred at the edge of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, forming what is termed the Chicxulub crater, which is partly under the Gulf of Mexico, is not evident from surface topography, and was detected primarily by gravity anomaly readings and subsurface geological characteristics. [ PJC ]

adj. leading in a downward direction.
Syn. -- down(prenominal), downward(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. moving toward the east; as, eastbound trains.
Syn. -- eastward. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. designated for traffic moving toward the east; -- of lanes in roads or railroads, or other traffic lanes; as, the eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 are blocked by an overturned tractor-trailer; the train will leave on eastbound platform 5. [ PJC ]

a. Encompassed with gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as hardback; -- used of books. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Having rigid front and back covers, usually boards covered with paper, cloth, or leather; -- of books. Contrasted with softcover and paperback. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Having the skin adhering so closely to the ribs and back as not to be easily loosened or raised; -- said of an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hort.) Having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes the growth; -- said of trees. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Untractable; bigoted; obstinately and blindly or stupidly conservative. Milton. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Niggardly; penurious. [ Obs. ] Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as housebound.
Syn. -- housebound, shut-in. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Far.) Having a dry and contracted hoof, which occasions pain and lameness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. confined to the home, usually due to illness.
Syn. -- homebound, shut-in. [ WordNet 1.5 ]