BOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bond mean? 

• BOND (noun)
  The noun BOND has 10 senses:

1. an electrical force linking atoms
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
3. a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest
4. (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial
5. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
6. a connection that fastens things together
7. a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
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)
9. British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
10. the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

  Familiarity information: BOND used as a noun is familiar.

• BOND (adjective)
  The adjective BOND has 1 sense:

1. held in slavery

  Familiarity information: BOND used as an adjective is very rare.

• BOND (verb)
  The verb BOND has 4 senses:

1. stick to firmly
2. create social or emotional ties
3. issue bonds on
4. bring together in a common cause or emotion

  Familiarity information: BOND used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOND (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An electrical force linking atoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

bond; chemical bond

Hypernyms ("bond" is a kind of...):

attraction; attractive force (the force by which one object attracts another)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bond"):

peptide bond; peptide linkage (the primary linkage of all protein structures; the chemical bond between the carboxyl groups and amino groups that unites a peptide)

metallic bond (a chemical bond in which electrons are shared over many nuclei and electronic conduction occurs)

electrostatic bond; electrovalent bond; ionic bond (a chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains to electron to form a negative ion)

hydrogen bond (a chemical bond consisting of a hydrogen atom between two electronegative atoms (e.g., oxygen or nitrogen) with one side be a covalent bond and the other being an ionic bond)

cross-link; cross-linkage (a side bond that links two adjacent chains of atoms in a complex molecule)

covalent bond (a chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

bond certificate; bond

Hypernyms ("bond" is a kind of...):

certificate; security (a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends)

certificate of indebtedness; debt instrument (a written promise to repay a debt)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bond"):

post-obit bond (a bond made by a reversioner to secure a loan; payable out of his reversion)

registered bond (a bond whose owner is recorded on the books of the issuer; can be transferred to another owner only when endorsed by the registered owner)

revenue bond (a bond issued by an agency that is commissioned to finance public works; revenue from the public property is used to pay off the bond)

secured bond (a bond that is back by collateral)

debenture; debenture bond; unsecured bond (a bond that is backed by the credit of the issuer but not by any specific collateral)

zero coupon bond; zero-coupon bond (a bond that is issued at a deep discount from its value at maturity and pays no interest during the life of the bond; the commonest form of zero-coupon security)

Premium Bond (a government bond that bears no interest or capital gains but enters the holder into lotteries)

performance bond; surety bond (a bond given to protect the recipient against loss in case the terms of a contract are not filled; a surety company assumes liability for nonperformance)

noncallable bond (a bond containing a provision that the holder cannot redeem the security before a specific date (usually at maturity))

bond issue (bonds sold by a corporation or government agency at a particular time and identifiable by date of maturity)

convertible bond (a bond that can be converted to other securities under certain conditions)

corporate bond (a bond issued by a corporation; carries no claim to ownership and pays no dividends but payments to bondholders have priority over payments to stockholders)

bearer bond; coupon bond (a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments)

government bond (a bond that is an IOU on the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world)

high-yield bond; junk bond (a (speculative) bond with a credit rating of BB or lower; issued for leveraged buyouts and other takeovers by companies with questionable credit)

municipal bond (a bond issued by a state or local government)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

alliance; bond

Context examples:

the shifting alliances within a large family / their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them

Hypernyms ("bond" is a kind of...):

connectedness; connection; connexion (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bond"):

silver cord (the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

bail bond; bail; bond

Context examples:

the judge set bail at $10,000 / a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman

Hypernyms ("bond" is a kind of...):

recognisance; recognizance ((law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law; on failure to perform that act a sum is forfeited)

Domain category:

criminal law (the body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment)

Sense 5

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Meaning:

A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

hamper; shackle; trammel; bond

Hypernyms ("bond" is a kind of...):

constraint; restraint (a device that retards something's motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bond"):

ball and chain (heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain)

fetter; hobble (a shackle for the ankles or feet)

cuff; handcuff; handlock; manacle (shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs)

chains; irons (metal shackles; for hands or legs)

Sense 6

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Meaning:

A connection that fastens things together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

attachment; bond

Hypernyms ("bond" is a kind of...):

connecter; connection; connective; connector; connexion (an instrumentality that connects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bond"):

ligament (any connection or unifying bond)

Sense 7

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Meaning:

A superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bond paper; bond

Hypernyms ("bond" is a kind of...):

writing paper (paper material made into thin sheets that are sized to take ink; used for writing correspondence and manuscripts)

Sense 8

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Meaning:

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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Julian Bond; Bond

Instance hypernyms:

civil rights activist; civil rights leader; civil rights worker (a leader of the political movement dedicated to securing equal opportunity for members of minority groups)

Sense 9

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Meaning:

British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

James Bond; Bond

Instance hypernyms:

character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))

Sense 10

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Meaning:

The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

adhesiveness; adherence; adhesion; bond

Hypernyms ("bond" is a kind of...):

stickiness (the property of sticking to a surface)

• BOND (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Held in slavery

Synonyms:

bond; enslaved; enthralled; in bondage

Context example:

born of enslaved parents

Similar:

slave (held in servitude)

• BOND (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Stick to firmly

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

stick to; hold fast; bond; bind; stick; adhere

Context example:

Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?

Hypernyms (to "bond" is one way to...):

attach (become attached)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bond"):

bind (form a chemical bond with)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Create social or emotional ties

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

bind; bond; attach; tie

Context example:

The grandparents want to bond with the child

Hypernyms (to "bond" is one way to...):

relate (have or establish a relationship to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bond"):

fixate (attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way)

befriend (become friends with)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Issue bonds on

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "bond" is one way to...):

mortgage (put up as security or collateral)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

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Meaning:

Bring together in a common cause or emotion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

draw together; bring together; bond

Context example:

The death of their child had drawn them together

Hypernyms (to "bond" is one way to...):

unify; unite (bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody