Dictionary entry details
• COMBINE (noun)
Meaning:
Harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("combine" is a kind of...):
harvester; reaper (farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields)
Meaning:
A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
cartel; corporate trust; combine; trust
Context example:
they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
Hypernyms ("combine" is a kind of...):
consortium; pool; syndicate (an association of companies for some definite purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combine"):
drug cartel (an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs)
oil cartel (a cartel of companies or nations formed to control the production and distribution of oil)
Meaning:
An occurrence that results in things being united
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
combining; combine
Hypernyms ("combine" is a kind of...):
union (the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "combine"):
recombination ((genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents)
recombination ((physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles)
consolidation (combining into a solid mass)
mix; mixture (an event that combines things in a mixture)
conglobation; conglomeration (an occurrence combining miscellaneous things into a (more or less) rounded mass)
• COMBINE (verb)
Meaning:
Put or add together
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
combine; compound
Context example:
combine resources
Hypernyms (to "combine" is one way to...):
add (make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "combine"):
synthesise; synthesize (combine so as to form a more complex, product)
mix (combine (electronic signals))
recombine (to combine or put together again)
totalise; totalize (make into a total)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Have or possess in combination
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
combine; unite
Context example:
she unites charm with a good business sense
Hypernyms (to "combine" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Combine so as to form a whole; mix
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
combine; compound
Context example:
compound the ingredients
Hypernyms (to "combine" is one way to...):
amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify (to bring or combine together or with something else)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "combine"):
carburet (combine with carbon)
sulfurette; sulphurette (combine with sulfur)
heterodyne (combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two)
incorporate; integrate (make into a whole or make part of a whole)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Add together from different sources
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
combine resources
Hypernyms (to "combine" is one way to...):
chip in; contribute; give; kick in (contribute to some cause)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Join for a common purpose or in a common action
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
These forces combined with others
Hypernyms (to "combine" is one way to...):
interact (act together or towards others or with others)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "combine"):
summate (form or constitute a cumulative effect)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Gather in a mass, sum, or whole
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
aggregate; combine
Hypernyms (to "combine" is one way to...):
amalgamate; commix; mingle; mix; unify (to bring or combine together or with something else)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "combine"):
unitise; unitize (make into a unit)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Mix together different elements
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
mix; coalesce; conflate; fuse; immix; merge; commingle; meld; flux; blend; combine
Context example:
The colors blend well
Hypernyms (to "combine" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "combine"):
syncretise; syncretize (become fused)
alloy (make an alloy of)
admix (mix or blend)
conjugate (unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds)
accrete (grow together (of plants and organs))
blend in; mix in (cause (something) to be mixed with (something else))
meld; melt (lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually)
absorb (cause to become one with)
gauge (mix in specific proportions)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
