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bond   (TTS Sound)

The noun bond has 10 senses

• chemical bond, bond -- (an electrical force linking atoms)


• bond, bond certificate -- (a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal)


• alliance, bond -- (a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them")


• bail, bail bond, bond -- ((criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman")


• shackle, bond, hamper, trammel -- (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))


• attachment, bond -- (a connection that fastens things together)


• bond, bond paper -- (a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents)


• Bond, Julian Bond -- (United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940))


• Bond, James Bond -- (British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming)


• adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond -- (the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion")

The verb bond has 4 senses

• adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to -- (stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?")


• bind, tie, attach, bond -- (create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to bond with the child")


• bond -- (issue bonds on)


• bond, bring together, draw together -- (bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of their child had drawn them together")