Compound

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To combine so as to form a whole; mix.
  • v. To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts: pharmacists compounding prescriptions.
  • v. To settle (a debt, for example) by agreeing on an amount less than the claim; adjust.
  • v. To compute (interest) on the principal and accrued interest.
  • v. To add to; increase: High winds compounded the difficulties of the firefighters.
  • verb-intransitive. To combine in or form a compound.
  • verb-intransitive. To come to terms; agree.
  • adj. Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts.
  • adj. Botany Composed of more than one part.
  • n. A combination of two or more elements or parts. See Synonyms at mixture.
  • n. Linguistics A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker, baby-sit, or high school, or of specially modified combining forms of words, such as Greek philosophia, from philo-, "loving,” and sophia, "wisdom.”
  • n. Chemistry A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements.
  • n. Botany A leaf whose blade is divided into two or more distinct leaflets.
  • n. Botany A pistil composed of two or more united carpels.
  • n. A building or buildings, especially a residence or group of residences, set off and enclosed by a barrier.
  • n. An enclosed area used for confining prisoners of war.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined
  • n. a group of buildings situated close together, eg. for a school or block of offices
  • adj. composed of elements; not simple
  • adj. This changes the meaning of an interval so that it is an octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
  • n. Anything made by combining several things.
  • n. A substance made from any combination elements.
  • n. A substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight.
  • n. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem; compound word; for example laptop, formed from lap and top.
  • v. to come together
  • v. to come to terms of agreement
  • v. to put together
  • v. to add to
  • v. to settle by agreeing on less than the claim
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
  • v. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts.
  • v. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.
  • v. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.
  • v. To compose; to constitute.
  • v. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated.
  • verb-intransitive. To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
  • adj. Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite.
  • n. That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition.
  • n. A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put together or mix (two or more elements or ingredients): as, to compound drugs.
  • To join or couple together; combine: as, to compound words.
  • To form by uniting or mixing two or more elements or materials.
  • To make; constitute; form; establish.
  • To put together in due order, as words or sentences; compose.
  • To settle amicably; adjust by agreement, as a difference or controversy; compose.
  • To settle by agreement for a reduced amount or upon different terms, as a debt or dues of any kind: as, to compound tithes. See II., 3.
  • To agree, for a consideration, not to prosecute or punish a wrong-doer for: as, to compound a crime or felony.
  • To agree upon concession; come to terms of agreement by abating something of the first demand, or by granting something on both sides; make a compromise: used absolutely, or with for (formerly also on) before the thing accepted or remitted, and with before the person with whom the agreement is made.
  • To make a bargain, in general; agree.
  • To settle with a creditor by agreement, and discharge a debt on the payment of a less sum in full; or to make an agreement to pay a debt by means or in a manner different from that stipulated or required by law.
  • To settle with one who has committed a crime, agreeing for a consideration not to prosecute him. See I., 8.
  • To give out; fail: said of a horse in racing.
  • Composed of two or more elements, parts, or ingredients; not simple.
  • In botany, made up of several similar parts aggregated into a common whole.
  • In arithmetic, a quantity which consists of more than one denomination, as 5 pounds, 6 shillings, and 9 pence, or 4 miles, 3 furlongs, and 10 yards; hence, the operations of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing such quantities are termed compound addition, compound subtraction, compound multiplication, and compound division.
  • n. Something produced by combining two or more ingredients, parts, or elements; a combination of parts or principles forming a whole.
  • n. Specifically In grammar, a compound word (which see, under I.).
  • n. In chem., a compound body.
  • n. In India and the East generally, a walled inclosure or courtyard containing a residence with the necessary outhouses, servants' quarters, etc.
  • To make (a steam-engine) operate on the compound principle, whereby the steam expands first in a small cylinder and does work in propelling the piston, and thence exhausts into a larger low-pressure cylinder, where it expands still further until released at the exhaust when the traverse is completed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. composed of more than one part
  • n. a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
  • v. create by mixing or combining
  • adj. composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
  • v. make more intense, stronger, or more marked
  • adj. consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
  • v. calculate principal and interest
  • n. an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
  • v. put or add together
  • n. (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
  • v. combine so as to form a whole; mix
  • Equivalent
    bilobed    incised    three-lobed    palm-shaped    trifoliolate    parted    palmate    bilobate    paripinnate    palmatifid   
    Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    whole    assemble    tack together    put together    set up    tack    piece    calculate    account    enclosure   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    compose    constitute    compromise    agree    composite    inclosure    derivative    complicate    arrange    pay   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Pound    Sound    abound    aground    around    astound    bound    browned    confound    crowned   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    substance    molecule    chemical    product    acid    mixture    salt    gas    oxide    particle