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Verb: marry  mer-ee [N. Amer], ma-ree [Brit]
  1. Take in marriage; married
    - get married, wed, conjoin [formal], hook up with [informal], get hitched with [informal], espouse [archaic], tie the knot [informal], get hitched [informal], hitch up [informal]
     
  2. Perform a marriage ceremony
    "The minister married us on Saturday";
    - wed, tie, splice
     
  3. Be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
    - match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree, marry up
Interjection: marry  mer-ee [N. Amer], ma-ree [Brit]
Usage: archaic
  1. Used to express surprise
    - Christ [informal], Christmas [informal], crikey [Brit, informal], cripes [informal], cor [Brit, informal], crumbs [Brit, informal], gosh [informal], golly [informal], by George [informal], by Jove [informal], blimey [Brit, informal], gorblimey [Brit, informal], cor blimey [Brit, informal], my [informal], holy cow [informal], holy mackerel [informal], holy smoke [informal], holy moley [informal], holy moly [informal], fancy [Brit, informal], good grief [informal], goodness [informal], goodness me [informal], Gordon Bennett [informal], gracious [informal], gracious me [informal], fancy that [informal], gawd [informal], god, my word, oh, O, ah, oh boy [informal], jeez [informal], geez [informal], strewth [Brit, informal], struth [Brit, informal], yikes [informal], I'll be blowed [Brit, informal], blow me [Brit, informal], Holy-dooly [Austral, informal], heck [informal], blooming heck [Brit, informal], jeepers [informal], jeepers creepers [informal], Lord [informal], Lordy [informal], well I never [informal], heavens [informal], good heavens [informal], my goodness [informal], Jesus [informal], bejesus [N. Amer, informal], od [archaic]

Derived forms: marries, married, marrying

Type of: be, equal, officiate, unify, unite

Encyclopedia: Marry, or Do Worse