Combine Definition
kəm-bīn
combined, combines, combining
verb
combined, combines, combining
To bring into a state of unity; make united.
Combined the ingredients in a bowl; combined the eggs and flour.
American Heritage
To join (two or more substances) to make a single substance, such as a chemical compound; mix.
American Heritage
To have, exhibit, or involve in combination.
The choreography combines artistry and athletics.
American Heritage
To harvest and thresh with a combine.
Webster's New World
To come or bring into union; act or mix together; unite; join.
Webster's New World
noun
combines
A machine for harvesting and threshing grain.
Webster's New World
An association of persons, corporations, etc. for commercial or political, sometimes unethical, purposes.
Webster's New World
A combination.
American Heritage
pronoun
(colloquial) London Underground.
Wiktionary
Origin of Combine
From combine, referring to the merger and purchase of various underground railway, tram and bus companies in London, combining them into one organisation. Originally applied to Underground Electric Railways of London Company Ltd, since used for successor organisations.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English combinen from Old French combiner from Late Latin combīnāre Latin com- com- bīnī two by two dwo- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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