English Dictionary

bond

/bɑnd/

verb

(transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind. / (transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another). / (transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.

She used glue to bond the pieces together.

意味（1）

(transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.

The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.

意味（2）

(transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).

The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.

意味（3）

(transitive, chemistry) To form a chemical compound with.

Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.

意味（4）

(transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.

The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.

意味（5）

To form a friendship or emotional connection.

The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.

意味（6）

(transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.

意味（7）

(transitive, construction) To lay bricks in a specific pattern.

意味（8）

(transitive, electricity) To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).

A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.

意味（9）

To bail out by means of a bail bond.

In the August election of 1874 I bonded out of jail eighteen colored men that had been in there, and there has not one of them been tried yet, and they never will be.