bond
adjective
1. Subject to the tenure called bondage.
2. In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
3. Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
- bond fear
noun
1. an electrical force linking atoms
Definition categories: phenomenon, attraction
2. 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
Definition categories: possession, obligation, certificate, security
3. a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
- their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
Similar word(s): alliance
Definition categories: link, connectedness, connection, connexion
4. (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
- a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman
Similar word(s): bail
Definition categories: possession, recognizance
5. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Similar word(s): hamper, shackle, trammel
Definition categories: man–made, constraint, restraint
6. a connection that fastens things together
Similar word(s): attachment
Definition categories: man–made, connecter, connection, connective, connector, connexion
7. a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
Definition categories: substance
8. 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)
Definition categories: person
9. British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
Definition categories: person
10. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Similar word(s): adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness
Definition categories: attribute, stickiness
Sentences with bond as a noun:
- Many say that government and corporate bonds are a good investment to balance against a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks.
- The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.
- They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.
- Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.
- You could rely on him. His word was his bond.
- Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to the bonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.
- The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as the bond was posted.
- A bond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners.
verb
1. stick to firmly
Similar word(s): adhere, bind, stick
Definition categories: contact, attach
2. create social or emotional ties
- The grandparents want to bond with the child
Similar word(s): attach, bind, tie
Definition categories: social, relate
3. issue bonds on
Definition categories: possession, mortgage
4. bring together in a common cause or emotion
Definition categories: contact, unify, unite
Sentences with bond as a verb:
- The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.
- The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.
- Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.
- The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.
- The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.
- A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.