1. A close personal relationship that forms between people (as between husband and wife or parent and child)
   "The bonding between mother and infant is crucial for healthy development"
    
2. Fastening firmly together
   "The technician's careful bonding ensured a strong electrical connection";
   - soldering
    
3. (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
   "The dentist used bonding to repair the chipped tooth"

1. Create social or emotional ties
   "The grandparents want to bond with the child";
   - bind, tie, attach
    
2. Bring together in a common cause or emotion
   "As we faced the crisis, I felt our team bonded more strongly than ever before";
   - draw together
    
3. Remain stuck to; keep in place
   "Will this wallpaper bond to the wall?";
   - adhere, hold fast, bind, stick, stick to
    
4. Issue bonds on
   "The city bonded the new infrastructure project"
    
5. (chemistry) to form a chemical bond with
   "Hydrogen atoms bond with oxygen to form water molecules"

Derived forms: bondings

Type of: attach, attachment, fastening, mortgage, personal relation, personal relationship, relate, technic [N. Amer], technique, unify, unite

Encyclopedia: Bonding