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pair-bonds

pair-bonds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pair-bond.

Meaning of 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)

Questions about pair-bonds

What is pair-bonds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pair-bonds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pair-bond.

Words near pair-bonds in the dictionary

  1. pair up
  2. pair-bond
  3. pair-bonded
  4. pair-bonder
  5. pair-bonding
  6. pair-bonds
  7. pair-horse
  8. pair-oar
  9. paira
  10. pairable
  11. pairables

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pair-bonds (page history and authors); pair-bond (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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