'Compound' definitions:
Definition of 'compound'
From: WordNet
adjective
Composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads" [ant: simple, unsubdivided]
adjective
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"
adjective
Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; "coral is a colonial organism" [syn: colonial, compound]
noun
A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
noun
(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight [syn: compound, chemical compound]
noun
An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
verb
Make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen]
verb
Put or add together; "combine resources" [syn: compound, combine]
verb
Calculate principal and interest
verb
Create by mixing or combining
verb
Combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients" [syn: compound, combine]
Definition of 'Compound'
From: GCIDE
- Compound \Com*pound"\, v. i. To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration. [1913 Webster]
- Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. --R. Carew. [1913 Webster]
- Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compound'
From: GCIDE
- Compound \Com"pound\ (k[o^]m"pound), n. [Malay kompung a village.] In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compound'
From: GCIDE
- Compound \Com*pound"\ (k[o^]m*pound"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.] [OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Compon['e].]
- 1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine. [1913 Webster]
- Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. [1913 Webster]
- We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. [1913 Webster]
- Only compound me with forgotten dust. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His pomp and all what state compounds. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt. [1913 Webster]
- I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compound'
From: GCIDE
- Compound \Com"pound\, n.
- 1. That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- When the word "bishopric" was first made, it was made as a compound. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Chem.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Every definite chemical compound always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement. [1913 Webster]
- Binary compound (Chem.). See under Binary.
- Carbon compounds (Chem.). See under Carbon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Compound'
From: GCIDE
- Compound \Com"pound\, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See Compound, v. t.] Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word. [1913 Webster]
- Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers.
- Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition.
- Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively.
- Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
- Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion.
- Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
- Compound fracture. See Fracture.
- Compound householder, a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [Eng.]
- Compound interest. See Interest.
- Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
- Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
- Compound microscope. See Microscope.
- Compound motion. See Motion.
- Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number.
- Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
- Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities.
- Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
- Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d.
- Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe.
- Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw).
- Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time.
- Compound word, a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compound'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- atom,
- augment,
- avyayibhava,
- back formation,
- base,
- bemingle,
- biochemical,
- blend,
- boost,
- bracket,
- brew,
- build,
- building,
- buildup,
- cast,
- cation,
- chemical,
- chemical element,
- chromoisomer,
- clipped word,
- coadunate,
- coalesce,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- come together,
- commingle,
- commix,
- commixture,
- complex,
- complicated,
- compose,
- composite,
- composition,
- compost,
- comprise,
- compromise,
- concoct,
- concoction,
- confection,
- conglomerate,
- conjugate,
- connect,
- consolidate,
- consolidation,
- constitution,
- construct,
- construction,
- cop out,
- copolymer,
- couple,
- create,
- decoct,
- devise,
- dimer,
- duck responsibility,
- dvandva,
- dvigu,
- elaborate,
- element,
- embodiment,
- embody,
- emulsify,
- encompass,
- endocentric compound,
- enhance,
- enlarge,
- ensemble,
- erect,
- evade responsibility,
- evolve,
- exacerbate,
- exocentric compound,
- expand,
- extend,
- extrude,
- fabricate,
- fabrication,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- fix up,
- flux,
- form,
- formation,
- formulate,
- frame,
- fudge together,
- fuse,
- fusion,
- get up,
- getup,
- give and take,
- give way,
- go fifty-fifty,
- go together,
- hash,
- heavy chemicals,
- heighten,
- high polymer,
- homogenize,
- homopolymer,
- hydracid,
- immingle,
- immix,
- immixture,
- include,
- incorporate,
- incorporation,
- increase,
- indite,
- inorganic chemical,
- integrate,
- intensify,
- interblend,
- interfuse,
- interlace,
- interlard,
- intermingle,
- intermix,
- intermixture,
- intertwine,
- interweave,
- intricate,
- involved,
- ion,
- isomer,
- join,
- jumble,
- junction,
- knead,
- link,
- lump together,
- macromolecule,
- magma,
- magnify,
- make,
- make a deal,
- make an adjustment,
- make concessions,
- make one,
- make up,
- makeup,
- manufacture,
- mature,
- meet halfway,
- meld,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- merger,
- merging,
- metamer,
- mingle,
- mingle-mangle,
- mix,
- mix up,
- mixture,
- mold,
- molecule,
- monomer,
- multifaceted,
- multiform,
- multiple,
- multiply,
- neutralizer,
- nonacid,
- organic chemical,
- organization,
- oxyacid,
- paronym,
- paste,
- patch together,
- piece together,
- piecing together,
- play politics,
- polymer,
- prefabricate,
- prepare,
- produce,
- pseudoisomer,
- put together,
- put up,
- putting together,
- radical,
- raise,
- reach a compromise,
- reagent,
- rear,
- reembody,
- roll into one,
- run up,
- scramble,
- set up,
- settle,
- setup,
- shade into,
- shape,
- shaping,
- shuffle,
- solidify,
- split the difference,
- spoonerism,
- stir up,
- strike a balance,
- strike a bargain,
- structure,
- structuring,
- sulfacid,
- surrender,
- syncretize,
- syndicate,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- synthesize,
- take the mean,
- tatpurusha,
- throw together,
- toss together,
- trimer,
- unify,
- unite,
- whomp up,
- word form,
- work,
- worsen,
- write,
- yield
Words containing 'Compound'
- Compoundable,
- Compounded,
- Compounder,
- Compounding,
- Binary compound,
- Carbon compounds,
- Compound addition,
- Compound control,
- Compound crystal,
- Compound engine,
- Compound ether,
- Compound flower,
- Compound fraction,
- Compound fracture,
- Compound householder,
- Compound interest,
- Compound larceny,
- Compound leaf,
- Compound lever,
- Compound microscope,
- Compound motion,
- Compound number,
- Compound pendulum,
- Compound pier,
- Compound quantity,
- Compound raceme,
- Compound radical,
- Compound ratio,
- Compound rest,
- Compound screw,
- Compound time,
- Compound word,
- Compounds of carbon,
- To compound a felony,
- alicyclic compound,
- aliphatic compound,
- anionic compound,
- aromatic compound,
- chelate compound,
- chemical compound,
- compound eye,
- compound lens,
- compound morphology,
- compound pistil,
- compound protein,
- compound sentence,
- coordination compound,
- explosive compound,
- heterocyclic compound,
- inorganic compound,
- intermediate compound,
- labeled compounds,
- organic compound,
- spackling compound,
- chemistry of the carbon compounds,
- quaternary ammonium compound,
- Luteo-cobaltic compounds,
- Roseo-cobaltic compounds,
- anti-tnf compound,
- purpureo-cobaltic compounds