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marry
1[ mar-ee, mer-ee ]
verb (used with object)
- to take in marriage:
After being together for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people); join in wedlock:
The minister married Susan and Ed.
- to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of (often followed by off ): They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son.
They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home.
- to unite intimately:
Common economic interests marry the two countries.
- to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony.
- to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable: A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features.
A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations.
- Nautical.
- to lay together (the unlaid strands of two ropes) to be spliced.
- to seize (two ropes) together end to end for use as a single line.
- to seize (parallel ropes) together at intervals.
- to cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients:
to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey.
verb (used without object)
- to wed.
- (of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably; blend:
This wine and the strong cheese just don't marry.
marry
2[ mar-ee ]
interjection
- (used as an exclamation of surprise, astonishment, etc.)
marry
1/ ˈæɪ /
verb
- to take (someone as one's partner) in marriage
- tr to join or give in marriage
- tr to acquire (something) by marriage
marry money
- to unite closely or intimately
- trsometimes foll byup to fit together or align (two things); join
- tr nautical
- to match up (the strands) of unlaid ropes before splicing
- to seize (two ropes) together at intervals along their lengths
marry
2/ ˈæɪ /
interjection
- archaic.an exclamation of surprise, anger, etc
Pronunciation Note
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·· noun
- ԴDz···Բ adjective
- ܲ···Բ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of marry1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of marry1
Origin of marry2
Example Sentences
Dane, 52, is married to actor Rebecca Gayheart, with whom he has two daughters.
Former resident Karen Thomson and her husband Allan bought their first flat together as a married couple in Wallace Street in 1992, and stayed for six years.
Two couples who got married together in 1955 have put the foundation of their 70 years of marriage down to spending plenty of time apart.
He married his wife, Carol, in his early 20s and was still married to the woman he called “the love of my life” 73 years later.
She’s trying to go on 100 dates in order to find a rich person to marry.
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