Bond | Mean of bond in English Dictionary

/ˈbɑːnd/

• Noun
• something (such as an idea, interest, experience, or feeling) that is shared between people or groups and forms a connection between them
1. the bonds of friendship
2. a daughter's bond with her mother
3. family/kinship bonds
4. Recent events have helped to strengthen the bonds between our two countries.
5. My roommate and I share a common bond because we both grew up in the Midwest.
6. the bonds of holy matrimony [=the connection between two people who are married to each other]
• an official document in which a government or company promises to pay back an amount of money that it has borrowed and to pay interest for the borrowed money
1. She has invested most of her money in stocks and bonds.
2. The city issued bonds [=the city created bonds and sold them to investors] to pay for the new school.
3. municipal bonds [=bonds issued by a local government]
• a chain or rope that is used to prevent someone from moving or acting freely
1. The prisoner was able to break free from the bonds that held him.
2. They struggled to free themselves from the bonds of oppression.

• the condition of being held together or joined
1. The glue provides a good/strong bond between the two pieces of wood.
• a force that holds together the atoms in a molecule
1. chemical bonds
• a promise or agreement to do something
1. You can believe me when I say I'll help you. My word is my bond. [=I always do what I promise to do]
• the amount of money that someone promises to pay if a prisoner who is allowed to leave jail does not return later for a trial or to prison
1. The accused was released on $10,000 bond. [=the person accused of a crime was released from jail because someone promised to pay $10,000 if the accused person does not appear for the trial]
• Verb
• to join (things) together
1. Heat was used to bond the sheets of plastic together.
2. The poster was bonded to the wall with glue/adhesive.
• to join to something else
1. The pieces of wood bonded (to each other) well.
• to form a close relationship with someone
1. We were strangers at first, but we bonded (with each other) quickly.
2. A new mother bonds with her baby.