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COMBINE
combine
(noun) harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
combining, combine
(noun) an occurrence that results in things being united
trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel
(noun) a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; “they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly”
compound, combine
(verb) put or add together; “combine resources”
blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
(verb) mix together different elements; “The colors blend well”
aggregate, combine
(verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole
compound, combine
(verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix; “compound the ingredients”
combine
(verb) add together from different sources; “combine resources”
combine
(verb) join for a common purpose or in a common action; “These forces combined with others”
unite, combine
(verb) have or possess in combination; “she unites charm with a good business sense”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
the Combine
(colloquial) London Underground
Anagrams
• becomin'
Etymology
Verb
combine (third-person singular simple present combines, present participle combining, simple past and past participle combined)
(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
(transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.
(intransitive) To come together; to unite.
(card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
(obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
Synonyms
• fuse
• merge
• unite
Antonyms
• divide
• separate
• disunite
Noun
combine (plural combines)
A combine harvester
A combination
Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.
An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
(art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
(American football)
Synonyms
• (socialist industrial conglomeration): kombinat
Anagrams
• becomin'
Source: Wiktionary
Com*bine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combined; p. pr. & vb. n. Combining.] Etym: [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.]
1. To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton. Friendship is the which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More. And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. Shak. Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Cowper.
2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.] I am combined by a sacred vow. Shak.
Com*bine", v. i.
1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate. You with your foes combine, And seem your own destruction to design Dryden. So sweet did harp and voice combine. Sir W. Scott.
2. To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.
3. (Card Playing)
Definition: In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or multiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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