combine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
  2. noun a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
    corporate trust; trust; cartel.
    • they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly
  3. noun an occurrence that results in things being united
    combining.
  4. verb have or possess in combination
    unite.
    • she unites charm with a good business sense
  5. verb put or add together
    compound.
    • combine resources
  6. verb combine so as to form a whole; mix
    compound.
    • compound the ingredients
  7. verb add together from different sources
    • combine resources
  8. verb join for a common purpose or in a common action
    • These forces combined with others
  9. verb gather in a mass, sum, or whole
    aggregate.
  10. verb mix together different elements
    mix; conflate; immix; coalesce; commingle; flux; fuse; merge; blend; meld.
    • The colors blend well

WordNet

Com*bine" transitive verb
Etymology
LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Combined ; present participle & verbal noun Combining
Definitions
  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" intransitive verb
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913