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n. A punctuation mark ( - ) used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the syllables of a word, especially when divided at the end of a line of text.

v. To hyphenate.

n. Symbol "-", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.

n. Something that links two more consequential things.

v. To separate or punctuate with a hyphen; to hyphenate.

proper-noun. Used to refer to a person with a hyphenated name

conjunction. Used to emphasize the coordinating function usually indicated by the punctuation "-".

n. A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.

v. To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

In paleography, a curve placed below the line so as to unite the parts of a compound word, and to indicate that they are not to be separated or read as distinct words: as, —that is, διόσκουροι, not Διο\ς κου%26ροι; —that is, περικλέονς, not πεπι\ κλέους —that is, antevolans, not ante volans, etc.

In writing and printing, a short line (-) used to connect two words or elements: namely, to connect two words which are so used as properly to form a compound word; to join syllables which are for any purpose arbitrarily separated, as in regular syllabication (as in el-e-men-tal), at the end of a line to connect the syllables of a divided word (as in the third line of this paragraph), to indicate the pronunciation (as in the respellings for the pronunciations in this dictionary), and to indicate or separate the etymological parts of a word, stem, affixes, etc., often without regard to the syllables (as in element-al, intro-duct-ion, su-spic-ious).

To join by a hyphen, as two words, so as to form a compound word. Also hyphenize, hyphenate.

n. The symbol +, = plus.

n. a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text

v. divide or connect with a hyphen

"Give her a name hyphen this summer so that she becomes Veneta-Sue, and she'll stick to her declared major of Animal Husbandry."

hyphens   

punctuation mark    punctuation    write    spell   

minus    minus sign    maqaf    ־    Hebrew   

hyphenated    hyphenate    hyphenator    hyphenation   

hyphened    hyphening   

slash    cum   

siphon    syphon   

flocculation    comma    semicolon    andado    asterism    italics    permeation    contexture    blockquote    vpro