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English adjective: compound | |||
| 1. | compound composed of more than one part | ||
| Samples | Compound leaves are composed of several lobes. Compound flower heads. | ||
| Similar | abruptly-pinnate, bilobate, bilobated, bilobed, binate, bipartite, bipinnate, bipinnatifid, cleft, conjugate, decompound, dissected, even-pinnate, imparipinnate, incised, lobate, lobed, odd-pinnate, palm-shaped, palmate, palmatifid, paripinnate, parted, pedate, pinnate, pinnated, pinnatifid, pinnatisect, quinquefoliate, radiate, ternate, three-lobed, trifoliate, trifoliated, trifoliolate, trilobate, trilobated, trilobed, tripinnate, tripinnated, tripinnatifid | ||
| See also | complex, rough, smooth | ||
| Domain category | botany, phytology | ||
| Antonyms | unsubdivided, simple | ||
| 2. | compound consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts | ||
| Samples | Soap is a compound substance. Housetop is a compound word. A blackberry is a compound fruit. | ||
| Similar | complex | ||
| Antonyms | simple | ||
| 3. | compound composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony | ||
| Samples | Coral is a colonial organism. | ||
| Synonyms | colonial | ||
| Similar | complex | ||
| Domain category | zoological science, zoology | ||
| Antonyms | simple | ||
English verb: compound | |||
| 1. | compound (change) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | ||
| Samples | The efforts were intensified. Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her. Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness. This event only deepened my convictions. | ||
| Synonyms | deepen, heighten, intensify | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amplify, enhance, fan, heat up, heighten, heighten, hot up, raise, screw up, sharpen, sharpen | ||
| Cause | deepen, intensify | ||
| 2. | compound (change) put or add together | ||
| Samples | Combine resources. | ||
| Synonyms | combine | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | add | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | mix, recombine, synthesise, synthesize, totalise, totalize | ||
| 3. | compound (possession) calculate principal and interest | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | account, calculate | ||
| 4. | compound (creation) create by mixing or combining | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | ||
| 5. | compound (contact) combine so as to form a whole; mix | ||
| Samples | Compound the ingredients. | ||
| Synonyms | combine | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carburet, heterodyne, incorporate, integrate, sulfurette, sulphurette | ||
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