<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.</li><li>fetters, chains</li><li>a cord, rope, band, or ligament.</li><li>something that binds a person or persons to a certain circumstance or line of behavior: the bond of matrimony.</li><li>something, as an agreement or friendship, that unites individuals or peoples into a group; covenant: the bond between nations.</li><li>binding security; firm assurance: My word is my bond.</li><li>a sealed instrument under which a person, corporation, or government guarantees to pay a stated sum of money on or before a specified day.</li><li>any written obligation under seal.</li><li>a written promise of a surety.</li><li>the state of dutiable goods stored without payment of duties or taxes until withdrawn: goods in bond.</li><li>a whiskey that has been aged at least four years in a bonded warehouse before bottling.</li><li>a certificate of ownership of a specified portion of a debt due to be paid by a government or corporation to an individual holder and usually bearing a fixed rate of interest.</li><li>a surety agreement.</li><li>the money deposited, or the promissory arrangement entered into, under any such agreement.</li><li>a substance that causes particles to adhere; binder.</li><li>adhesion between two substances or objects, as concrete and reinforcing strands.</li><li>the attraction between atoms in a molecule or crystalline structure.</li><li>any of various arrangements of bricks, stones, etc., having a regular pattern and intended to increase the strength or enhance the appearance of a construction.</li><li>the overlap of bricks, stones, etc., in a construction so as to increase its strength.</li><li>an electric conductor placed between adjacent metal parts within a structure, as in a railroad track, aircraft, or house, to prevent the accumulation of static electricity.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to put (goods, an employee, official, etc.) on or under bond: The company refused to bond a former criminal.</li><li>to connect or bind.</li><li>to place a bonded debt on or secure a debt by bonds; mortgage.</li><li>to join (two materials).</li><li>to lay (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to produce a strong construction.</li><li>to provide with a bond: to bond a railroad track.</li><li>to establish a close emotional relationship to or with (another): the special period when a mother bonds to her infant.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to hold together or cohere, from or as from being bonded, as bricks in a wall or particles in a mass.</li></ul>