Usually means: Having affection or liking for.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. fond: Merriam-Webster
  2. fond: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fond, fond: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fond: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fond: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fond, fond, fond: Wordnik
  7. fond: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fond: Wiktionary
  9. fond: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fond: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fond: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Fond, fond: Dictionary.com
  13. fond: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. fond: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Fond: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Fond: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. fond: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. fond: Rhymezone
  19. fond, fond (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. fond: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Fond: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. fond: FreeDictionary.org
  23. fond: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. fond: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. fond: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. fond: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paris Cookbook (No longer online)
  2. fond: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  3. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. fond: Legal dictionary
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fond: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. FOND: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. fond: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fond: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See fonding as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Having a liking or affection (for). [(chiefly) with of]
adjective:  Affectionate.
adjective:  Indulgent, doting.
adjective:  Outlandish; foolish; silly.
adjective:  (obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
adjective:  (obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
verb:  (obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
verb:  (obsolete) To caress; to fondle.
noun:  The background design in lace-making.
noun:  (cooking) Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.
noun:  (information science) A group of records having shared provenance.
noun:  (obsolete) Foundation; bottom; groundwork.
noun:  (obsolete) Fund, stock, or store.

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