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Compound

noun

1.

A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts.

2.

(chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight. Synonym: chemical compound.

3.

An enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient).

verb

(past & past part. compounded; pres. part. compounding)

1.

Make more intense, stronger, or more marked. Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify. "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her" , "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness" , "This event only deepened my convictions"

2.

Put or add together. Synonym: combine.

3.

Calculate principal and interest.

4.

Create by mixing or combining.

5.

Combine so as to form a whole; mix. Synonym: combine.

adjective

1.

Composed of more than one part. "Compound flower heads" Antonym: simple.

2.

Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts. "Housetop is a compound word" , "A blackberry is a compound fruit"

3.

Composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony. Synonym: colonial.

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"Compound" Quotes from Famous Books

... flesh and hair rose from the branding-pen and mingled with the stench of the herds in one noisome compound. The yells of the cow-punchers, each having its different bearing on the work in hand, were all but lost in the dull, steady roar of the cattle, bellowing in a chorus of fear, rage, and pain. And still the work of sorting, branding, cutting-out, went steadily on. Though an outsider would not have ...

— Judith Of The Plains • Marie Manning

... "Boston," with his straight neck and ragged hips; and gray "Lady Suffolk," "extending" herself till she measured a rod, more or less, skimming along within a yard of the ground, her legs opening and shutting under her with a snap, like the four blades of a compound jack-knife. ...

— Atlantic Monthly Volume 6, No. 37, November, 1860 • Various

... this opinion, which rests upon the perfect identity of their characters: for the Great Mother, like the Great Father, was an hermaphrodite; or, rather, that person from whom all things were supposed to be produced, was the Great Father and the Great Mother united together in one compound being. Ymer and Omoroca are each the same as that hermaphrodite Jupiter of the ...

— The God-Idea of the Ancients - or Sex in Religion • Eliza Burt Gamble

... the tubing. A small hole is drilled through the tubing and blade, and a soft iron wire rivet is inserted. The blade is held over a gas flame while the joint between it and the tubing is filled with soft soldering compound and ribbon solder. ...

— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope

... hand holding the letters he pointed out to me what resembled a patch of snow creeping and swaying across the distant part of his compound. It disappeared ...

— A Personal Record • Joseph Conrad

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