Noun

• S: (n) chemical bond, bond (an electrical force linking atoms)
• S: (n) bond, bond certificate (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)
• S: (n) alliance, bond (a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest) "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
• S: (n) bail, bail bond, bond ((criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial) "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"
• S: (n) shackle, bond, hamper, trammel (a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner))
• S: (n) attachment, bond (a connection that fastens things together)
• S: (n) bond, bond paper (a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents)
• S: (n) Bond, Julian Bond (United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940))
• S: (n) Bond, James Bond (British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming)
• S: (n) adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bond (the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition) "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"

Verb

• S: (v) adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick to (stick to firmly) "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
• S: (v) bind, tie, attach, bond (create social or emotional ties) "The grandparents want to bond with the child"
• S: (v) bond (issue bonds on)
• S: (v) bond, bring together, draw together (bring together in a common cause or emotion) "The death of their child had drawn them together"