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Verb: combine  kum'bIn
  1. Put or add together
    "combine resources";
    - compound
     
  2. Have or possess in combination
    "she combines charm with a good business sense";
    - unite
     
  3. Combine so as to form a whole; mix
    "combine the ingredients";
    - compound
     
  4. Add together from different sources
    "combine resources"
     
  5. Join for a common purpose or in a common action
    "These forces combined with others"
     
  6. Gather in a mass, sum, or whole
    - aggregate
     
  7. Add together different elements
    "The colours combine well";
    - blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, merge
Noun: combine  kum'bIn
  1. Harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
     
  2. A consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
    "they set up the combine in the hope of gaining a monopoly";
    - trust, corporate trust, cartel
     
  3. An occurrence that results in things being united
    - combining

Derived forms: combined, combines, combining

Type of: add, amalgamate, change integrity, chip in [informal], commix [archaic], consortium, contribute, feature, give, harvester, have, interact, kick in, mingle, mix, pool, reaper, syndicate, unify, union

Encyclopedia: Combine, Texas