combine
to bring into or join in a close union or whole; unite: She combined the ingredients to make the cake.They combined the two companies.
to possess or exhibit in union: a plan that combines the best features of several other plans.
to harvest (grain) with a combine.
to unite; coalesce: The clay combined with the water to form a thick paste.
to unite for a common purpose; join forces: After the two factions combined, they proved invincible.
to enter into chemical union.
to use a combine in harvesting.
a combination.
a combination of persons or groups for the furtherance of their political, commercial, or other interests, as a syndicate, cartel, or trust.
a harvesting machine for cutting and threshing grain in the field.
Origin of combine
1synonym study For combine
Other words for combine
Opposites for combine
Other words from combine
- com·bin·er, noun
- in·ter·com·bine, verb (used with object), in·ter·com·bined, in·ter·com·bin·ing.
- non·com·bin·ing, adjective
- pre·com·bine, verb, pre·com·bined, pre·com·bin·ing.
- re·com·bine, verb, re·com·bined, re·com·bin·ing.
- re·com·bin·er, noun
- un·com·bin·ing, adjective
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How to use combine in a sentence
But the way that Texas combines place and possibility will not be appealing to everyone.
It combines pickup techniques supposedly inspired by evolutionary psychology with self-help pseudoscience.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc | Brandy Zadrozny | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCrossfit combines push ups, pull-ups, olympic lifting and other exercises in a quick circuit sprint.
The stench of the backed-up toilets combines with the fumes of garbage fermenting in the midday sun.
So the darkness of 1939–1945 combines with the memories of 1914–1918 to give the book its heart and enduring power.
Why World War I Is at the Heart of ‘Lord of the Rings’ | John Garth | July 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Indol is absorbed and oxidized into indoxyl, which combines with potassium and sulphuric acid and is thus excreted.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddPerkins cleared his throat and began: Diotti combines tremendous feeling with equally tremendous technique.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaIn the first case, the oil rapidly combines with the oxygen of the air, this being accompanied by great heat.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousIt combines and employs in its manifestation the method and material, not of one art only, but of all the arts.
The Pocket R.L.S. | Robert Louis StevensonA man no more overcomes his circumstance than oxygen overcomes nitrogen when it combines with it to form the air we breathe.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona Caird
British Dictionary definitions for combine
to integrate or cause to be integrated; join together
to unite or cause to unite to form a chemical compound
agriculture to harvest (crops) with a combine harvester
agriculture short for combine harvester
an association of enterprises, esp in order to gain a monopoly of a market
an association of business corporations, political parties, sporting clubs, etc, for a common purpose
Origin of combine
1Derived forms of combine
- combinable, adjective
- combinability, noun
- combiner, noun
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