combined; combining
Definition of combine
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: to bring into such close relationship as to obscure individual characters : merge
two companies combining forces
b
: to cause to unite into a chemical compound
combining hydrofluoric acid with soda ash to form sodium fluoride
c
: to unite into a single number or expression
Combine fractions and simplify.
3
: to possess in combination
a writer whose works combine imagination and scholarship
1a
: to become one
The two newspapers combined as the Chronicle.
b
: to unite to form a chemical compound
2
: to act together
Many factors combined to cause the recession. Wolves combine in their hunt for deer.
combine
noun
plural combines
Definition of combine (Entry 2 of 3)
1a
: a combination especially of business or political interests
… Grumman Corp. lost the advanced tactical aircraft contract to the combine of McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics.— George J. Church
b
: an event at which scouts from the teams in a professional sports league gather to evaluate players in preparation for choosing which players to draft
a scouting combine Every spring the National Football League conducts that most cherished of American rituals, the college draft. A couple of months before the event, prospective players show off their abilities in an athletic audition known as the combine.— Carl Zimmer
2
: a harvesting machine that heads, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field
combine
verb (2)
combined; combining
Definition of combine (Entry 3 of 3)
: to harvest with a combine
: to combine a crop
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