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lien — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • beam noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
  • bond noun A certificate representing a loan to a government or company, which pays interest and repays the original amount later.
  • bonding noun The process of joining two things securely together.
  • connection noun The act of connecting.
  • link verb To join two or more things together, or to show a connection between them.

Senses

lien is used for these senses in English:

  • beam (structural) One of the principal horizontal structural members, usually of steel, timber, or concrete, of a building.
  • bond An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
  • bonding The act by which something is bonded or joined together.
  • connection The point at which two or more things are connected.
  • link (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
  • link (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.

beam — full definition

  1. noun A long, sturdy length of wood, steel, or concrete used to support a structure such as a floor, roof, or ship deck.
  2. noun A ray or narrow stream of light.
  3. noun A wide, happy smile.
  4. verb To smile broadly and happily.
  5. verb To send out light, or to transmit signals or data wirelessly.

bond — full definition

  1. noun A certificate representing a loan to a government or company, which pays interest and repays the original amount later.
  2. noun An emotional connection or tie between people.
  3. noun A binding legal agreement, or a sum of money paid as a guarantee.
  4. verb To form a close connection with someone, or to join two things firmly together.

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