<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>simple past tense and past participle of bind</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>tied; in bonds: a bound prisoner</li><li>made fast as if by a band or bond: She is bound to her family</li><li>secured within a cover, as a book</li><li>under a legal or moral obligation: He is bound by the terms of the contract</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>compelled</li><li>obliged</li><li>liable</li><li>destined; sure; certain: It is bound to happen</li><li>determined or resolved: He is bound to go</li></ul><p><strong>Pathology:</strong></p><ul><li>constipated</li></ul><p><strong>Mathematics:</strong></p><ul><li>(of a vector) having a specified initial point as well as magnitude and direction. Compare free (def 32)</li><li>held with another element, substance, or material in chemical or physical union</li></ul><p><strong>(of a linguistic form):</strong></p><ul><li>occurring only in combination with other forms, as most affixes. Compare free (def 35)</li></ul>