bounds
part of speech
noun, plural (bounds); verb, third person of bound (bound, bounds, bounded, bounding)
meaning for a pupil
1) Limits or borders of an area or of what is allowed: within the bounds of the park. tree →
2) Out of bounds: a place you are not allowed to go, or (in sport) outside the playing area. tree →
3) By leaps and bounds: very quickly. tree →
4) (verb) Jumps or runs with big leaps: the dog bounds across the field. tree →
5) (maths) Upper and lower bounds: the largest and smallest values a rounded number could have been. tree →
6) If joy or another feeling knows no bounds, it is so great that it has no limit. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah "bounds" are limits set around Mount Sinai that people must not cross. In the later books bounds are also limits set on a person's life by God, or moral limits that people break. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that the boundaries around Sinai marked its holiness. In Sefer Yetzirah the "twelve bounds" are the twelve edges of the universe, linked to the twelve letters. Job says God appointed each person's bounds so that he cannot pass them, and Hosea says the wicked "break all bounds," meaning they go past what is right. In the primary lessons: In school "out of bounds" names places pupils must not go; in safety it keeps children away from danger. In maths, bounds tell you the range a rounded measurement could be. In stories "leaps and bounds" shows fast progress. Phrases: out of bounds, within bounds, leaps and bounds, know no bounds, upper bound, lower bound.
examples
- And Moses said unto the LORD: 'The people cannot come up to mount Sinai; for thou didst charge us, saying: Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it.' (Torah EXO.19.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying: Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it; whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death; (Torah EXO.19.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- Three Fathers and their generations, Seven conquerors and their armies, and Twelve bounds of the Universe. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel. (Writings PSA.78.41, JPS 1917) tree →
- Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood. (Prophets HOS.4.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with Thee, and Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; (Writings JOB.14.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- The staff room is out of bounds to pupils. tree →
- The ball went out of bounds. tree →
- Her reading has improved in leaps and bounds. tree →
- The puppy bounds up the stairs. tree →
- Stay within the bounds of the playground. tree →
- A length of 7 cm to the nearest cm has a lower bound of 6.5 cm and an upper bound of 7.5 cm. tree →
- His excitement knew no bounds. tree →
- The joy of the king knew no bounds. tree →
note
In the "limits" sense it is always plural. Maths: rounded to the nearest whole number, the bounds are half a unit each side (6.5 up to but not including 7.5). "Bound" can also mean tied, certain (bound to win), or heading (bound for London).
In the corpora
- Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood.
- And still again they tried God, and set bounds to the Holy One of Israel.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «bounds» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.