a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
a connection that fastens things together | shifting from one form of transportation to another |
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition | an instrumentality that connects |
an electrical force linking atoms | the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination |
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 | a supplier (especially of narcotics) |
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial | (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) |
a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest | a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) |
a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents | a connecting shape |
| the state of being connected |