Compound
[n] an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
[n] a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
[n]
[adj] (botany) of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes
[adj] (zoology) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism"
[adj] consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
[v] put or add together; "combine resources"
[v] make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Potsmokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"
[v] create by mixing or combining
[v] combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"
[v] calculate principal and interest
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Synonyms
abruptly-pinnate, bilobate, bilobated, bilobed, binate, bipartite, bipinnate, bipinnatifid, chemical compound, cleft, colonial, combine, combine, conjugate, decompound, deepen, dissected, even-pinnate, heighten, imparipinnate, incised, intensify, lobate,
Related Terms
accommodate, acid, acidity, acronym, acrostic, add, add to, adjust, admix, admixture, agent, aggrandize, aggravate, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, alloy, alloyage, amalgam, amalgamate, amalgamation, anion, antacid, assemblage, assemble, assembly, assimil