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 ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + ground. ] On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. prenom. 1. many-sided. an all-round athlete
Syn. -- all-around(prenominal), well-rounded [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a versatile person who is expert at many things. she's the best all-rounder they've seen in years
Syn. -- all arounder [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + round. ] 1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ See Round, the shorter form, adv. & prep., which, in some of the meanings, is more commonly used. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. 1. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about. [ 1913 Webster ]

A lambent flame arose, which gently spread
Around his brows. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 proceeding without interruption for twenty four hours every day. around-the-clock nursing care
Syn. -- day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock, twenty four hours a day. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ OE. astouned, astound, astoned, p. p. of astone. See Astone. ] Stunned; astounded; astonished. [ Archaic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus Ellen, dizzy and astound.
As sudden ruin yawned around. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Astounded, [ Obs. ] Astound; p. pr. & vb. n. Astounding. ] [ See Astound, a. ] 1. To stun; to stupefy. [ 1913 Webster ]

No puissant stroke his senses once astound. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To astonish; to strike with amazement; to confound with wonder, surprise, or fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

These thoughts may startle well, but not astound
The virtuous mind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. struck with an intense and usually sudden surprise sufficient to produce wonder or perplexity
Syn. -- amazed, astonied, astonished, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, stunned, stupefied, thunderstruck [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. Amazement. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Back, a. + ground. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The distance in a picture is usually divided into foreground, middle distance, and background. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

I fancy there was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance. Mrs. Alexander. [ 1913 Webster ]

A husband somewhere in the background. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The set of conditions within which an action takes place, including the social and physical conditions as well as the psychological states of the participants; as, within the background of the massive budget deficits of the 1980's, new spending programs had little chance of passage by the congress. [ PJC ]

6. The set of conditions that precede and affect an action, such as the social and historical precedents for the event, as well as the general background{ 5 }; as, against the background of their expulsion by the Serbs, the desire of Kosovars for vengeance is understandable though regrettable. [ PJC ]

7. (Science) The signals that may be detected by a measurement which are not due to the phenomenon being studied, and tend to make the measurement uncertain to a greater or lesser degree. Specifically: (Physics) Electronic noise present in a system using electronic measuring instrument or in a telecommunications system, which may hide and which must be differentiated from the desired signal; also called background noise or noise. [ PJC ]

8. (Journalism) An agreement between a journalist and an interviewee that the name of the interviewee will not be quoted in any publication, although the substance of the remarks may be reported; -- often used in the phrase “on background”. Compare deep background. [ PJC ]

To place in the background, to make of little consequence.
To keep in the background, to remain unobtrusive, inconspicuous or out of sight; -- of people.
deep background, (Journalism) the status of an interview which must not be quoted in a publication, even without attribution. Compare background{ 8 }. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Computers) The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system.
Syn. -- background processing [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

[ F. basset. ] (Zool.) A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a region where a battle is fought; same as battlefield.
Syn. -- battlefield, field of battle, field. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A hound for baiting or hunting bears. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an area on which a drove of cattle or sheep can sleep for a night. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Costive; constipated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to recover game or prey which has escaped wounded from a hunter, and for tracking criminals. Formerly it was used for pursuing runaway slaves. Other varieties of dog are often used for the same purpose and go by the same name. The Cuban bloodhound is said to be a variety of the mastiff. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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 ]

n. A hound for hunting deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Far.) A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

‖n. [ Malay kompung a village. ] In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding. ] [ OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Componé. ] 1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

Only compound me with forgotten dust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To compose; to constitute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His pomp and all what state compounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compound for sins they are inclined to
By damning those they have no mind to. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See Compound, v. t. ] Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compound addition,
subtraction,
multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers. --
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. --
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively. --
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether. --
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion. --
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction. --
Compound fracture. See Fracture. --
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [ Eng. ] --
Compound interest. See Interest. --
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny. --
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. --
Compound microscope. See Microscope. --
Compound motion. See Motion. --
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number. --
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column. --
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities. --
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical. --
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d. --
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe. --
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw). --
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time. --
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen. [ 1913 Webster ]