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Bond   /bɑnd/   Listen
Bond

noun
1.
An electrical force linking atoms.  Synonym: chemical bond.
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.  Synonym: bond certificate.
3.
A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest.  Synonym: alliance.  "Their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
4.
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial.  Synonyms: bail, bail bond.  "A $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"
5.
A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner).  Synonyms: hamper, shackle, trammel.
6.
A connection that fastens things together.  Synonym: attachment.
7.
A superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents.  Synonym: bond paper.
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).  Synonym: Julian Bond.
9.
British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming.  Synonym: James Bond.
10.
The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition.  Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness.  "A heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"
verb
(past & past part. bonded; pres. part. bonding)
1.
Stick to firmly.  Synonyms: adhere, bind, hold fast, stick, stick to.
2.
Create social or emotional ties.  Synonyms: attach, bind, tie.
3.
Issue bonds on.
4.
Bring together in a common cause or emotion.  Synonyms: bring together, draw together.



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"Bond" Quotes from Famous Books



... darling sister, art now become the sister and bride of the devil. Return, therefore, and repent! This day thy Saviour calleth thee, poor stray lamb, back into His flock, 'And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound... be loosed from this bond?' Such are His merciful words (Luke xiii.); item, 'Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not cause Mine anger to fall upon you, for I am merciful' (Jer. iii.). Return then, thou backsliding soul, unto the Lord thy God! ...
— Sidonia The Sorceress V2 • William Mienhold

... in his bosom, he wiped his eye and sighed again. Beneficent Disseminator of blessings to all Thy creatures, how great and universal must be that sweetest of Thy tyrannies which can hold in thrall the free and the bond, the simple swain and the polished coxcomb, the lover in the heyday of reckless passion and the husband of maturer years. But indeed, sir, I wander from the point. How mingled and imperfect are all our sublunary joys. Maledicity! he exclaimed in anguish. Would ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce

... open her possessions unconcernedly to the world. The British colonies are united to the mother country by the bond of mutual advantage, viz., the produce of raw material by means of English capital, and the exchange of the same for English manufactures. The wealth of England is so great, the organization of her commerce ...
— Lineage, Life, and Labors of Jose Rizal, Philippine Patriot • Austin Craig

... summoned by an insistent call, and the office was empty. Knowing this, Ellen went in to greet her friend. There could be no other term, now, for the whole-hearted bond between ...
— Mrs. Red Pepper • Grace S. Richmond

... afternoon passed uneventfully. An unconscious bond of sympathy had arisen between the new master and his pupils. His historical importance invested him with a glamour which was nearly heroic; and his kind word on Farrar's behalf had won him an amount of confidence which ...
— A Dog with a Bad Name • Talbot Baines Reed


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