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splice

[ splahys ]

verb (used with object)

spliced, splicing.
  1. to join together or unite (two ropes or parts of a rope) by the interweaving of strands.
  2. to unite (timbers, spars, or the like) by overlapping and binding their ends.
  3. to unite (film, magnetic tape, or the like) by butting and cementing.
  4. to join or unite.
  5. Genetics. to join (segments of DNA or RNA) together.
  6. Informal. to unite in marriage:

    They'll be spliced in June.



noun

  1. a joining of two ropes or parts of a rope by splicing.
  2. the union or junction made by splicing.
  3. a joining or junction of two pieces of timber, spar, etc., by overlapping and fastening the ends.
  4. a joining of film, electromagnetic tape, or the like.

splice

/ ²õ±è±ô²¹Éª²õ /

verb

  1. to join (two ropes) by intertwining the strands
  2. to join up the trimmed ends of (two pieces of wire, film, magnetic tape, etc) with solder or an adhesive material
  3. to join (timbers) by overlapping and binding or bolting the ends together
  4. informal.
    passive to enter into marriage

    the couple got spliced last Saturday

  5. splice the mainbrace
    nautical history to issue and partake of an extra allocation of alcoholic spirits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a join made by splicing
  2. the place where such a join occurs
  3. the wedge-shaped end of a cricket-bat handle or similar instrument that fits into the blade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

splice

/ ²õ±è±ôÄ«²õ /

  1. To join together genes or gene fragments or insert them into a cell or other structure, such as a virus, by means of enzymes. In genetic engineering, scientists splice together genetic material to produce new genes or to alter a genetic structure. In messenger RNA, the introns are removed, and exons are spliced together to yield the final messenger RNA that is translated.
  2. See also exon
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ±è±ô¾±³¦±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±è±ô¾±³¦±ða·²ú±ô±ð adjective
  • °ù±ð·²õ±è±ô¾±³¦±ð verb (used with object) respliced resplicing
  • ³Ü²Ôd±ð°ù·²õ±è±ô¾±³¦±ð verb (used with object) underspliced undersplicing
  • ³Ü²Ô·²õ±è±ô¾±³¦±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of splice1

1515–25; < earlier Dutch splissen (now splitsen )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of splice1

C16: probably from Middle Dutch splissen; related to German spleissen, Swedish splitsa; see split
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. splice the main brace, Nautical.
    1. to issue a ration of spirits, as grog, to all hands.
    2. to drink spirits.
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What her character sees, where she chooses to stand and look, makes up much of the film, although the editing team does phenomenal work splicing in other characters’ points of view.

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He’d somehow spliced my brain into his, or his into mine.

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Utility safety officials also said in a report that the company’s visual inspections of splices in its transmission lines were sometimes failing to find dangerous problems.

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The new lawsuit filed by Baldoni accuses the New York Times of cherry-picking texts, stripping them of context and deliberately splicing them to mislead readers.

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He suggested the film "splices abuse and glossy courtship in the big city to deeply dubious effects".

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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