bond | (noun) a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | Synonyms: hamper, shackle, trammel |
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(noun) a connection that fastens things together | Synonyms: attachment |
(noun) the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | Synonyms: adherence, adhesion, adhesiveness |
(noun) an electrical force linking atoms | Synonyms: chemical bond |
(noun) 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 | Synonyms: bond certificate |
(noun) (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial | Synonyms: bail, bail bond |
(noun) a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest | Synonyms: alliance |
(noun) a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents | Synonyms: bond paper |
(verb) stick to firmly | Synonyms: adhere, bind, hold fast, stick, stick to |
(verb) bring together in a common cause or emotion | Synonyms: draw together |
(verb) issue bonds on | - |
(verb) create social or emotional ties | Synonyms: attach, bind, tie |
bondable | (adjective) capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass | - |
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(adjective) capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond | Synonyms: bindable |
bondage | (noun) sexual practice that involves physically restraining (by cords or handcuffs) one of the partners | - |
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(noun) the state of being under the control of another person | Synonyms: slavery, thraldom, thrall, thralldom |
(noun) the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power | - |
bonderise | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderize |
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bonderize | (verb) coat with a substance that will prevent corrosion | Synonyms: bonderise |
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bondholder | (noun) a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation | - |
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bonding | (noun) fastening firmly together | Synonyms: soldering |
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(noun) (dentistry) a technique for repairing a tooth; resinous material is applied to the surface of the tooth where it adheres to the tooth's enamel | - |
(noun) a close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child) | - |
bondmaid | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondswoman, bondwoman |
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(noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondswoman, bondwoman |
bondman | (noun) a male slave | Synonyms: bondsman |
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(noun) a male bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondsman |
bondsman | (noun) a male slave | Synonyms: bondman |
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(noun) a male bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondman |
(noun) a male who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
bondsperson | (noun) someone who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
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bondswoman | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondwoman |
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(noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondwoman |
(noun) a female who signs a bond as surety for someone else | - |
bonduc | (noun) tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries | Synonyms: bonduc tree, Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella |
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(noun) handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute | Synonyms: chicot, Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree |
bondwoman | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondswoman |
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(noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondmaid, bondswoman |
vagabond | (adjective) continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another | Synonyms: aimless, drifting, floating, vagrant |
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(adjective) wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community | Synonyms: rootless |
(noun) anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place | - |
(noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, drifter, floater, vagrant |
(verb) move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment | Synonyms: cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, wander |
vagabondage | (noun) travelling about without any clear destination | Synonyms: roving, wandering |
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