bounding

Pluralboundings

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of bound. Use this form for an action of leaping that is happening now.

   The dog came bounding across the yard to meet us.

   She went bounding up the stairs to answer the door.

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2. 2
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The action of leaping or jumping forward in long, springy steps.

   Like a ball jumping high again and again as it moves across the floor.

   The bounding of the deer carried it over the fence with ease.

   Her excited bounding around the room made everyone laugh.

   Similarspringing, jumping, bouncing

3. 3
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A line or edge that marks where an area ends.

   Like a fence that shows where one yard ends and the next begins.

   The old stone wall served as the bounding of the estate.

   Surveyors marked the bounding between the two properties.

   Similarboundary, border, limit

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4. 4
   adjective

   Forming a shape or area that holds all the points of something inside it.

   Like a box that is just big enough to hold every toy without any sticking out.

   The bounding line keeps every point of the shape inside it.

   Engineers draw a bounding box so the whole image fits within it.

   Similarenclosing

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   The use of fire safety products only within the limits proven safe by testing.

   Like only driving a car as fast as it has been safely tested to go.

   The team used bounding to keep every product within its tested safety limits.

   Bounding makes sure fire protection is used only where tests prove it works.

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