overbound

overbound is the simple past and past participle of overbind.

Verb

overbound (third-person singular simple present overbounds, present participle overbounding, simple past and past participle overbounded)

(archaic, transitive) To leap over.
To provide an upper bound to.
To specify or use boundaries that are too large; to have boundaries that encompass more than the entirety of an entity.
- The Urbanized Area is often considered the best measure of urban size because it neither "underbounds" the city (by taking just the political city) or "overbounds" it (including peripheral, largely rural areas).1975, James W. Clay, Douglas Milton Orr, Alfred Wright Stuart, North Carolina Atlas: Portrait of a Changing Southern State, page 58
Antonyms:

underbound

overbind (third-person singular simple present overbinds, present participle overbinding, simple past and past participle overbound)

overbound (plural overbounds)

A Gaussian model of the (non-Gaussian) error distribution on a signal, which is conservative enough that the resulting confidence interval is guaranteed to be at least as wide as the actual confidence interval.

Verb
third-person singular present	overbounds
present participle	overbounding
past participle	overbounded
past	overbounded
Noun
plural	overbounds

From over- + bound.

What does overbound mean?: Overbound means to leap over.
What is overbound the simple past and past participle of?: Overbound is the simple past and past participle of overbind.
What part of speech is overbound?: Overbound can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overbound?: The past tense of overbound is overbounded.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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