Join or be joined securely to something else, typically by means of an adhesive substance, heat, or pressure

• - press the material to bond the layers together

• - this material will bond well to stainless steel rods

• - a bonding agent

Establish a relationship with someone based on shared feelings, interests, or experiences

• - the failure to properly bond with their children

• - the team has bonded together well

• - the film has some great male bonding scenes

Join or be joined by a chemical bond

Lay (bricks) in an overlapping pattern so as to form a strong structure

• - a bonding course

Place (dutiable goods) in bond

Physical restraints used to hold someone or something prisoner, esp. ropes or chains

A thing used to tie something or to fasten things together

• - she brushed back a curl that had strayed from its bonds

• - chaos could result if the bonds of obedience and loyalty were broken

Adhesiveness; ability of two objects to stick to each other

• - a total lack of effective bond between the concrete and the steel

A force or feeling that unites people; a common emotion or interest

• - there was a bond of understanding between them

Restricting forces or circumstances; obligations

• - bonds of loyalty

An agreement or promise with legal force, in particular

A deed by which a person is committed to make payment to another

A certificate issued by a government or a public company promising to repay borrowed money at a fixed rate of interest at a specified time

(of dutiable goods) A state of storage in a bonded warehouse until the importer pays the duty owing

An insurance policy held by a company, which protects against losses resulting from circumstances such as bankruptcy or misconduct by employees

A strong force of attraction holding atoms together in a molecule or crystal, resulting from the sharing or transfer of electrons

Any of the various patterns in which bricks are conventionally laid in order to ensure the strength of the resulting structure