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pair-bond

pair-bond verb: to form a pair bond.

Verb

pair-bond (third-person singular simple present pair-bonds, present participle pair-bonding, simple past and past participle pair-bonded)

  1. (intransitive) To form a pair bond.
    • I bought a young splendid grass 'keet last weekend. She is lovely, but there is a serious dearth of information about these little jewels, at least in this neck of the weeds. I'd like to know where they originated, what they eat in the wild, and whether they really pair-bond, or if any guy will do.1996 October 2, Cougar Ridge Vineyards, “grass parakeets”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet)

Forms of pair-bond

third-person singular presentpair-bonds
present participlepair-bonding
past participlepair-bonded
pastpair-bonded

Questions about pair-bond

What does pair-bond mean?
Pair-bond means to form a pair bond.
What part of speech is pair-bond?
Pair-bond is a verb.
What is the past tense of pair-bond?
The past tense of pair-bond is pair-bonded.

Words near pair-bond in the dictionary

  1. pair productions
  2. pair programmer
  3. pair programming
  4. pair royal
  5. pair up
  6. pair-bond
  7. pair-bonded
  8. pair-bonder
  9. pair-bonding
  10. pair-bonds
  11. pair-horse

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