bond

bond

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bond¹ AC /bɒnd $ bɑːnd/ noun [countable]1.  MONEY an official document promising that a government or company will pay back money that it has borrowed, often with interest:
    My father put all his money into stock market bonds.
    furious trading on the bond market ⇨ junk bond, premium bond, savings bond
2.  RELATIONSHIP something that unites two or more people or groups, such as love, or a shared interest or idea ⇨ tie
    bond between
    the emotional bond between mother and child
    bond with
    the United States’ special bond with Britain
    bond of
    lifelong bonds of friendship
3. bonds [plural] literary something that limits your freedom and prevents you from doing what you want
    bonds of
    the bonds of fear and guilt
4.  WITH GLUE the way in which two surfaces become attached to each other using glue:
    Use a glue gun to form a strong bond on wood or china.
5.  CHEMISTRY technical the chemical force that holds atoms together in a molecule:
    In each methane molecule there are four CH bonds.
6.  WRITTEN AGREEMENT a written agreement to do something, that makes you legally responsible for doing it ⇨ contract
7. my word is my bond formal used to say that you will definitely do what you have promised
8. in/out of bond technical in or out of a bonded warehouse
     

COLLOCATIONS

(for Meaning 2)

■ adjectives
   ▪ a close/strong bond A strong bond had developed between them.
   ▪ a common bond (=one that people share) They shared a common bond – a love of literature.
   ▪ a special bond There was a special bond between him and his mother.
   ▪ an emotional bond As soon as we met we felt an emotional bond.
■ verbs
   ▪ form/forge a bond (=make a bond) Frequently horses form a strong bond with their riders.
   ▪ have a bond Twins often have a very close bond.
   ▪ feel a bond The people of the island feel a strong bond with each other.
   ▪ strengthen a bond Sharing experiences strengthens bonds with friends.
   ▪ break/destroy a bond He didn’t want to do anything to break the bond between them.
   ▪ a bond develops (=a bond of friendship developed between them) Over six months of working together, a close bond developed.

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bond² AC verb1. [intransitive] if two things bond with each other, they become firmly fixed together, especially after they have been joined with glue:
    It takes less than ten minutes for the two surfaces to bond.
2. [intransitive] to develop a special relationship with someone ⇨ bonding
    bond with
    Time must be given for the mother to bond with her baby.
3. [transitive] technical to keep goods in a bonded warehouse

Bond
Bond, James
a character in the novels by Ian Fleming. James Bond is a brave attractive secret agent who works for the British government and is sometimes called ‘007’. Many of the James Bond stories have been made into popular films that involve a lot of dangerous and exciting scenes, beautiful women, and special secret equipment for attacking people, sending messages etc. When James Bond introduces himself to people, he often says ‘The name’s Bond, James Bond’. ⇨ Connery, Sean