combine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: combine	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for combine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
combine n harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field 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" Synonym(s): trust, corporate trust, combine, cartel an occurrence that results in things being united Synonym(s): combining, combine v have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a good business sense" Synonym(s): unite, combine put or add together; "combine resources" Synonym(s): compound, combine combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients" Synonym(s): compound, combine add together from different sources; "combine resources" join for a common purpose or in a common action; "These forces combined with others" gather in a mass, sum, or whole Synonym(s): aggregate, combine mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" Synonym(s): blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Combine \Combine"\, 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) 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 submultiples of, the atomic weight. See {Atomic weight}, under {Atomic}, a.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Combine \Combine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Combined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combining}.] [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 substance, as by chemical union. So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. --Milton. Friendship is the cement 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Combine, TX (city, FIPS 16216) Location: 32.58821 N, 96.51488 W Population (1990): 1329 (463 housing units) Area: 18.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)