Dictionary Definition
combine
Noun
1 harvester that heads and threshes and cleans
grain while moving across the field
2 a consortium of independent organizations
formed to limit competition by controlling the production and
distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the
hope of gaining a monopoly" [syn: trust, corporate
trust, cartel]
3 an occurrence that results in things being
united [syn: combining]
Verb
1 put or add together; "combine resources" [syn:
compound]
2 have or possess in combination; "she unites
charm with a good business sense" [syn: unite]
3 combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound
the ingredients" [syn: compound]
4 add together from different sources; "combine
resources"
5 join for a common purpose or in a common
action; "These forces combined with others"
6 gather in a mass, sum, or whole [syn: aggregate]
7 mix together different elements; "The colors
blend well" [syn: blend,
flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, merge]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
combiner, from Late combinare "to unite, yoke together," from Latin com-, "together" + bini "two by two"Pronunciation
Verb
- to bring (two or more
things or activities) together; to unite
- Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl.
- I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
- to have two or more things or properties that function together
- Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
Derived terms
Translations
bring (two or more things or activities)
together
have two or more things or properties that
function together
Noun
- A short form for combine
harvester.
- We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
- A concern, consortium or syndicate.
Translations
Short form for combine harvester
- Croatian: kombajn
- Czech: kombajn
- Finnish: leikkuupuimuri, puimuri
Concern, consortium, syndicate
- Finnish: konserni, liikeyhtymä, yhtymä
Extensive Definition
A combine may be:
- A combine harvester, used in agriculture
- A combine car, a type of railway car
- A corporation, syndicate, or zaibatsu: all terms for vast, monopolistic commercial institutions
- The Combine, the system of oppression in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- The act of forming a trade union
- The Combine, an alien regime from Half-Life 2
- The NFL Combine, a short training camp used by NFL team scouts
- A diplexer (sometimes called a combiner), a device that combines radio frequency outputs
- A type of artwork where objects are combined, invented by Robert Rauschenberg
Combine may also refer to a place:
combine in Dutch: Combine
combine in Russian: Комбайн
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Aktiengesellschaft,
Anschluss, Bund, Rochdale cooperative,
accompany, accord, accouple, accumulate, act in concert,
act together, add, addition, admix, affiliate, affiliation, agglomerate, agglomeration, agglutinate, aggregate, aggregation, aggroup, agree, agreement, aktiebolag, alliance, alloy, ally, amalgamate, amalgamation, amass, articulate, assemblage, assemble, assimilate, assimilation, associate, associate with,
association, assort
with, attend, axis, band, band together, batch, be in cahoots, be in
league, bemingle,
bind, blend, blending, bloc, body, body corporate, bond, bracket, bridge, bridge over, bring
together, build, build up,
bulk, bunch, bunch together, bunch up,
business, business
establishment, cabal,
cartel, cement, centralization, chain, chamber of commerce, clap
together, club together, clump, cluster, coact, coadunate, coalesce, coalescence, coalition, coincide, collaborate, collect, college, colligate, collocate, collude, combination, combo, come together, commercial
enterprise, commingle,
commix, common market,
compagnie, companion, company, compare, compile, compose, composition, compound, comprise, concatenate, concern, concert, concoct, concord, concur, confederacy, confederate, confederation, congeries, conglobulate, conglomerate, conglomerate
corporation, conglomeration, conjoin, conjugate, conjugation, conjunction, connect, connive, consist of, consociate, consolidate, consolidating
company, consolidation, consort
with, consortium,
conspiracy, conspire, constitute, construct, consumer
cooperative, cooperate, cooperative, cooperative
society, copartnership, copulate, corporate body,
corporation,
corps, corral, correspond, council, couple with, cover, credit union, cumulate, customs union, dig
up, diversified corporation, do business with, draw together,
dredge up, drive together, economic community, ecumenism, embodiment, embody, embrace, emulsify, encompass, encompassment, enosis, enter into, enterprise, fabricate, faction, federalization, federate, federation, firm, flock together, flux, form, free trade area, fuse, fusion, gang, gather, gather in, gather
together, get heads together, get in, get together, glue, go along with, go into, go
partners, go with, group,
grouping, hang around
with, hang together, happen together, harmonize, hash, herd together, hold together,
holding company, homogenize, hook up, hookup, house, identify, immingle, immix, include, inclusion, incorporate, incorporation, industry, integrate, integration, interblend, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, join, join in, join together,
joint-stock association, joint-stock company, jumble, junction, junta, juxtapose, keep company with,
keep together, knead,
knot, lay together,
league, league together,
link, lump together,
machine, make, make common cause, make one,
make up, marriage,
marry, marshal, mass, match, meld, melding, melt into one, merge, merge in, merger, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up, mob, mobilize, muster, operating company,
organize, package, package deal, pair, partner, partnership, party, piece together, play ball,
plunderbund,
political machine, pool,
public utility, pull together, put heads together, put together,
raise, rake up, rally, reciprocate, reembody, relate, ring, roll into one, round up, run
with, scramble, scrape
together, shade into, shuffle, society, solder, solidification, solidify, span, splice, stand together, stick
together, stir up, stock company, structure, synchronize, syncretism, syncretize, syndicate, syndication, syneresis, synergize, synthesis, synthesize, take in, take up,
tape, team up, throw in
together, throw together, tie, tie in, tie up, tie-up, toss
together, trade association, trust, unification, unify, union, unite, unite efforts, unite in,
utility, wait on,
wed, wedding, work, work together, yoke