bund
1 of 2noun (1)
ˈbənd 
1
: an embankment used especially in India to control the flow of water
2
: an embanked thoroughfare along a river or the sea especially in the Far East
bund
2 of 2noun (2)
ˈbu̇nd
ˈbənd,
ˈbu̇nt often capitalized
: a political association: such as
a
: a Jewish socialist organization founded in czarist Russia in 1897
b
: a pro-Nazi German-American organization of the 1930s
bundist
ˈbu̇n-dist
noun often capitalized ˈbən-
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Hindi baṅd & Urdu band, from Persian
Noun (2)
Yiddish bund & German Bund, from Middle High German bunt; akin to Old English byndel
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1810, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1850, in the meaning defined above
- making love
- making much of
- making noise
- making noises
- making of
- making off
- making off with
- making one's flesh creep
- making one's mark
- making out
- making over
- making port
- making reassuring noises
- making sail
- making shift
- making soothing noises
- making sport of
- making the grade
- making tracks
- making up
- making up (for)
- making up for
- making use of
- making way
- making-up day