Bond: alternatives and connections

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…

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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…

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To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

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To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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An invisible power in a body by which it draws anything to itself; the power in nature acting mutually between bodies or ultimate particles, tending…

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A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

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The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.

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One who, or that which, connects

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Connection. See Connection.

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The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.

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A conveyance of property, upon condition, as security for the payment of a debt or the preformance of a duty, and to become void upon payment or perf…

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The act of obligating.

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An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appea…

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To bring back; to restore.

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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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The condition or quality of being secure; secureness.

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The quality of being sticky; as, the stickiness of glue or paste.

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To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

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To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance.

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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually foll…

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A bond in which atoms share electrons.

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To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

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A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.

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A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond;…

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A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plur…

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To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

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A bond caused by attraction between positive and negative ions.

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Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond.

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A handcuff; a shackle for the hand or wrist; -- usually in the plural.

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A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on t…

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To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shackle; a hindrance.

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An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

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An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race to the competitor possessing inferior advantages; or an additiona…

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A knot; a fastening.

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A knot; a fastening.

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To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.

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The quality or state of adhering.

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The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like.

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The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union.

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The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially betw…

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To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an a…

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A bucket or scoop used in bailing water out of a boat.

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A bond or obligation given by a prisoner and his surety, to insure the prisoner's appearance in court, at the return of the writ.

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To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles; as, a hamper of wine; a clothes hamper; an oyster hamper, which…

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Stubble.

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A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.

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A knot; a fastening.

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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

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