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Definition of "bounded" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of bound. (verb)
  • Of a set, that it is capable of being included within a ball of finite radius. (adjective)

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Use "bounded" in a sentence
  • "There was a sound of crashing through underbrush, the ringing of steel-shod hoofs on stone, and an occasional and mossy descent of a dislodged boulder that bounded from the hill and fetched up with a final splash in the torrent that rushed over a wild chaos of rocks beneath him."
  • "A jack-rabbit bounded from a bush under his horse's nose, leaped the stream, and vanished up the opposite hillside of scrub-oak."
  • "In contrast to Attenborough, the boyishly eager Irwin bounded into the frame like Tigger, leaping after the crocs and bantering at full volume: “Crikey!”"