I. kəm-ˈbīn verb
( com·bined ; com·bin·ing )
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combinare, from Latin com- + bini two by two — more at bin-
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to bring into such close relationship as to obscure individual characters : merge
two companies combining forces
b. : to cause to unite into a chemical compound
c. : to unite into a single number or expression
combine fractions and simplify
2. : intermix , blend
combine the sugar and flour
3. : to possess in combination
a writer whose works combine imagination and scholarship
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to become one
b. : to unite to form a chemical compound
2. : to act together
many factors combined to cause the recession
Synonyms: see join
• com·bin·able -ˈbī-nə-bəl adjective
• com·bin·er noun
II. ˈkäm-ˌbīn noun
Date: 1886
1. : a combination especially of business or political interests
2. : a harvesting machine that heads, threshes, and cleans grain while moving over a field
III. ˈkäm-ˌbīn verb
( com·bined ; com·bin·ing )
Date: 1926
transitive verb
: to harvest with a combine
intransitive verb
: to combine a crop