bound

Another word with quite differing connotations. To bound is to jump, to move quite freely and quickly, while to be bound is to be physically prevented from movement (bound and gagged), or to be obligated to follow a certain course, whether by force or overwhelming likelihood. (To be bound to fail, for instance.) Then again, when it is said that one is bound for a certain place or object, the usage of the word often gives a sense of freedom or purpose. (To be homeward bound, freedom bound, even hell bound.) Here the meanings overlap, perhaps. To have a purpose is both to positively act and to be held to a goal, possibly against one's will. To be bound is, in any case, to have the will to move, whether it is the fulfilled wish of bounding or being bound for a course, or the thwarted wish that has resulted in one being physically bound. The word as used for one who is fettered is related, certainly, to the use of the word for a limit or boundary; the meanings are basically the same.