com|pound

com|pound: com|pound¹ «adjective. KOM pownd, kom POWND; noun. KOM pownd; verb. kom POWND, kuhm-», adjective, noun, verb.

–adj.

1. having more than one part: »a compound medicine, a compound molecule.
SYNONYM(S): composite.

2. formed by the joining of two or more grammatical elements: »“Steamship,” “horseshoe,” and “strawberry” are compound nouns.
See also compound sentence (Cf. ↑compound sentence), compound word. (Cf. ↑compound word)

3. Zoology. a) consisting of an intimate combination of individual animals in a colony, as coral does: »a compound tunicate.
b) formed of many similar parts: »A cow has a compound stomach.
See also compound eye. (Cf. ↑compound eye)

4. Botany. made up of several similar parts combined into a single structure: »a compound umbel.
See also compound fruit (Cf. ↑compound fruit), compound leaf. (Cf. ↑compound leaf)

–n.

1. something made by combining parts; mixture: »Many medicines are compounds.
SYNONYM(S): composite.

2. a compound noun, verb, etc., such as freeway, backtrack, and lackluster.

3. a substance formed by chemical combination of two or more substances in definite proportions by weight: »Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen.

–v.t.

1. to make up; mix; combine: »The druggist compounded several medicines to fill the prescription.

2. to settle (a quarrel or debt) by a yielding on both sides: »They finally compounded their differences and shook hands.
SYNONYM(S): compromise.

3. to charge, pay, or increase by compound interest: »Compounding interest payments means paying interest on interest (New York Times).

4. to add to; increase; multiply: »The rain compounded the troubles of the lost hikers.

5. Electricity. to wind the field magnets of (a generator) so that it will be excited by a current flowing through both a shunt and a series coil.

6. Obsolete. to make up; constitute; compose.

–v.i.

to settle a quarrel or debt by a yielding on both sides: »He failed…compounded, and went to America (Benjamin Franklin).
SYNONYM(S): compromise.

╂[Middle English compound, participial adjective < compounen to compound < Old French compondre < Latin compōnere < com- together + pōnere put]

–com|pound´a|ble, adjective.

–com|pound´er, noun.

com|pound² «KOM pownd», noun.

an enclosed yard with buildings in it: »A detention camp for prisoners of war is a compound.

╂[probably < Malay kampong enclosure]

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com|pound´er — com|pound1 «adjective. KOM pownd, kom POWND; noun. KOM pownd; verb. kom POWND, kuhm », adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. having more than one part: »a compound medicine, a compound molecule. SYNONYM(S): composite. 2. formed by the joining of two or … Useful english dictionary
com|pound´a|ble — com|pound1 «adjective. KOM pownd, kom POWND; noun. KOM pownd; verb. kom POWND, kuhm », adjective, noun, verb. –adj. 1. having more than one part: »a compound medicine, a compound molecule. SYNONYM(S): composite. 2. formed by the joining of two or … Useful english dictionary
com|pound-com|plex sentence — «KOM pownd KOM plehks», Grammar. a sentence made up of two or more coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Example: At the end the hero dies, and the heroine, who is grief stricken, swoons … Useful english dictionary
com|pound-wound — «KOM pownd WOWND», adjective. Electricity. (of a generator or a motor) having part of the field magnet coils in series with the armature circuit and part shunted from it … Useful english dictionary
com|pound|ing — «KOM pown dihng», noun. 1. the act of composing, mixing, or combining: »a sort of compounding between virtue and vice (Jonathan Swift). 2. the formation of compound words; composition: »rules of compounding. 3. (in the manufacture of tires) the… … Useful english dictionary
de|com|pound — «DEE kuhm POWND», verb, adjective, noun. –v.t. 1. to compound a second time; compound further; compound (something already compounded). 2. = decompose. (Cf. ↑decompose) –adj. composed of things already compounded: »A decompound leaf is one whose… … Useful english dictionary
tur|bo-com|pound engine — «TUR boh KOM pownd», a turbosupercharged aircraft engine … Useful english dictionary
un|com|pound|ed — «UHN kuhm POWN dihd», adjective. 1. not compounded; not mixed; simple. 2. not intricate or complicated … Useful english dictionary
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com — com·bas·sou; com·bat·ive; com·bat·ive·ly; com·bat·ive·ness; com·ba·tiv·i·ty; com·bin·abil·i·ty; com·bin·able; com·bi·na·tion·al; com·bi·na·tion·al·ism; com·bi·na·tive; com·bi·na·to·ry; com·bined; com·bine·ment; com·bin·er; com·bi·net; com·bite;… … English syllables

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