: bound in an outward direction or to foreign parts an outward-bound ship.

What does the word bound mean?

1a : fastened by or as if by a band : confined desk-bound. b : very likely : sure bound to rain soon. 2 : placed under legal or moral restraint or obligation : obliged duty-bound. 3 of a book : secured to the covers by cords, tapes, or glue leather-bound. 4 : determined, resolved was bound and determined to have his

What does getting bound mean?

bound to, be. Be certain or destined to; also, be determined or resolved to. For example, We are bound to hear from them soon, or No matter what they say, she is bound to run for mayor.

: toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time : forward From then onward she trusted him. : directed or moving forward There’s no stopping the onward march of time.