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If a person or animal bounds in a particular direction, they move quickly with large steps or jumps. He bounded up the steps and pushed the bell of the door = leap
If something is out of bounds, people are not allowed to do it, use it, see it, or know about it. American parents may soon be able to rule violent TV programmes out of bounds
emphasis If you say that a feeling or quality knows no bounds, you are emphasizing that it is very strong or intense. The passion of Argentinian football fans knows no bounds
If an area of land is bounded by something, that thing is situated around its edge. Kirgizia is bounded by Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. the trees that bounded the car park. the park, bounded by two busy main roads and a huge housing estate
If the quantity or performance of something bounds ahead, it increases or improves quickly and suddenly. The shares bounded ahead a further 11p to 311p
Bounds are limits which normally restrict what can happen or what people can do. Changes in temperature occur slowly and are constrained within relatively tight bounds. a forceful personality willing to go beyond the bounds of convention. the bounds of good taste
A bound is a long or high jump. With one bound Jack was free
If a place is out of bounds, people are not allowed to go there. For the last few days the area has been out of bounds to foreign journalists
If someone's life or situation is bounded by certain things, those are its most important aspects and it is limited or restricted by them. Our lives are bounded by work, family and television
leaps and bounds: see leap
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