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bound

-) Noun.

-) Plural: bounds.

-) Pronunciation: baʊnd.

-) Etymology: from verb BOUND (= to leap), and this one from French bondir (= resound; to leap, rebound).

-) Definition: a. Act of bounding; a propelling oneself upward with one or both legs, in order either to change position or to locomote. b. Act of bounding; an elastic spring of something after being forced against a surface; an elastic movement upward or onward.

-) Synonyms: to jump, spring, leap.

-) Translation: salto, in Spanish; salto, in Italian; saut, in French.

They all seize it [the prey] with a bound, at the same time expressing their fierce pleasure with a roar.

Oliver Goldsmith… A History of the Earth

Scarce any of the animals with short legs and long bodies, pursue their prey; but, knowing their own incapacity to overtake it by swiftness, either creep upon it in its retreats, or wait in ambush and seize it with a bound.

Oliver Goldsmith… A History of the Earth

The cat can leap several feet at a bound; and the tiger, who is ten times as long, can no doubt spring proportionably.

Oliver Goldsmith… A History of the Earth

From the peculiar structure of the kanguroo, there can be little doubt that its principal progressive motion is performed by leaps. It has, in fact, been seen to spring over twenty feet at a bound.

David Brewster… The Edinburgh encyclopaedia

-) Words derived from BOUND: bound (verb), rebound, bounder, bounding.