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Splice

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To join (two pieces of film, for example) at the ends.

v. To join (ropes, for example) by interweaving strands.

v. To join (pieces of wood) by overlapping and binding at the ends.

v. To join together or insert (segments of DNA or RNA) so as to form new genetic combinations or alter a genetic structure.

v. Slang To join in marriage: They went to Las Vegas to get spliced.

n. A joining by splicing.

n. A place where parts have been spliced.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A junction or joining of ropes made by splicing them together.

n. The electrical and mechanical connection between two pieces of wire or cable.

n. That part of a bat where the handle joins the blade.

n. Bonding or joining of overlapping materials.

v. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

v. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

v. To unite in marriage.

v. To unite as if splicing.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

v. To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

v. To unite in marriage.

n. A junction or joining made by splicing.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To unite or join together, as two ropes or the parts of a rope by interweaving the strands of the ends; also, to unite or join together by overlapping, as two pieces of timber, metal, or other material. See splice, n.

To join in marriage; marry.

n. The joining together of two ropes or parts of a rope by interweaving part of the untwisted strands of each, or the union so effected.

n. The junction of two pieces of wood or metal by overlapping and bolting or otherwise fastening the ends; a scarf. See cut under scarf, 2.

n. In cricket, that part of the handle of the bat which fits into the blade.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. perform a marriage ceremony

n. a junction where two things (as paper or film or magnetic tape) have been joined together

v. join the ends of

n. joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together

v. join together so as to form new genetic combinations

v. join by interweaving strands

Word Usage

"The comma splice is also called a comma error, comma blunder, and comma fault, but I find these terms too judgemental."

Verb Form

spliced splices splicing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

junction conjunction conjoin join joint

Cross Reference

spliced eye splicing-clamp wire-short splice mariner's splice to splice the main-brace

Form

spliced splicing cunt splice bent on a splice splice tape

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

joint marry plank

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Brice Bryce Grice Nice Price

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

connector two-wire water-tight filler