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Sounds | baa'nd |
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Rhymes | beyond, blond, blonde, and 9 more rhymes in aand at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Held in slavery. |
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Synonyms | enslaved, enthralled, in bondage |
Similar to | slave |
Meaning | An electrical force linking atoms. |
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Synonyms | chemical bond |
Narrower | covalent bond; cross-link, cross-linkage; hydrogen bond; ionic bond, electrovalent bond, electrostatic bond; metallic bond; peptide bond, peptide linkage |
Broader | attraction, attractive force |
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. |
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Synonyms | bond certificate |
Narrower | bond issue; convertible bond; corporate bond; coupon bond, bearer bond; government bond; junk bond, high-yield bond; municipal bond; noncallable bond; performance bond, surety bond; post-obit bond; registered bond; revenue bond; secured bond; unsecured bond, debenture, debenture bond; zero coupon bond; Premium Bond |
Broader | debt instrument, certificate of indebtedness; security, certificate |
Verbs | bond |
Meaning | A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest. |
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Examples | "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" |
Synonyms | alliance |
Narrower | silver cord |
Broader | connection, connexion, connectedness |
Verbs | bond; bond |
Meaning | (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial. |
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Examples | "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman" |
Synonyms | bail, bail bond |
Category | criminal law |
Broader | recognizance, recognisance |
Meaning | A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner). |
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Synonyms | shackle, hamper, trammel, trammels |
Narrower | ball and chain; fetter, hobble; handcuffs, handcuff, cuffs, cuff, handlock, manacle; iron, irons, chain, chains |
Broader | restraint, constraint |
Meaning | A connection that fastens things together. |
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Synonyms | attachment |
Narrower | ligament |
Broader | connection, connexion, connector, connecter, connective |
Verbs | bond |
Meaning | A superior quality of strong durable white writing paper. Originally made for printing documents. |
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Synonyms | bond paper |
Broader | writing paper |
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). |
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Synonyms | Julian Bond |
Broader | civil rights leader, civil rights worker, civil rights activist |
Meaning | British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming. |
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Synonyms | James Bond |
Broader | fictional character, fictitious character, character |
Meaning | The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition. |
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Synonyms | adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence |
Broader | stickiness |
Verbs | bond |
Meaning | Stick to firmly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
Synonyms | adhere, hold fast, bind, stick, stick to |
Caused by | affix, stick on |
Narrower | bind |
Broader | attach |
Similar to | cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere |
Nouns | bond; bond |
Meaning | Create social or emotional ties. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Something ----s somebody |
Examples | "The grandparents want to bond with the child" |
Synonyms | bind, tie, attach |
Narrower | fixate; befriend |
Broader | relate |
Nouns | bond |
Meaning | Issue bonds on. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Broader | mortgage |
Nouns | bond |
Meaning | Bring together in a common cause or emotion. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
Synonyms | bring together, draw together |
Broader | connect, link, tie, link up |
Nouns | bond |