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Synonyms: compound Definition: an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)

Hypernyms: enclosure Definition: a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

Synonyms: compound Definition: a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts

Hypernyms: whole Definition: all of something including all its component elements or parts Usage: Europe considered as a whole; the whole of American literature

Synonyms: combine, compound Definition: put or add together Usage: combine resources

Hypernyms: add Definition: make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of Usage: We added two students to that dorm room; She added a personal note to her letter; Add insult to injury; Add some extra plates to the dinner table

Synonyms: intensify, heighten, deepen, compound Definition: make more intense, stronger, or more marked Usage: The efforts were intensified, Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her; Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness; This event only deepened my convictions

Hypernyms: increase Definition: become bigger or greater in amount Usage: The amount of work increased

Synonyms: combine, compound Definition: combine so as to form a whole; mix Usage: compound the ingredients

Hypernyms: unify, mingle, mix, amalgamate, commix Definition: to bring or combine together or with something else Usage: resourcefully he mingled music and dance

Synonyms: compound Definition: create by mixing or combining

Hypernyms: set up, assemble, tack, tack together, put together, piece Definition: create by putting components or members together Usage: She pieced a quilt; He tacked together some verses; They set up a committee

Synonyms: compound Definition: composed of more than one part Usage: compound leaves are composed of several lobes; compound flower heads

Hypernyms: bilobate, bilobated, bilobed Definition: having two lobes Usage: a bilobate leaf

Hypernyms: binate Definition: growing in two parts or in pairs Usage: binate leaves

Hypernyms: bipartite Definition: divided into two portions almost to the base

Hypernyms: bipinnate Definition: of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as ferns)

Hypernyms: bipinnatifid Definition: pinnatifid with the segments also pinnatifid

Hypernyms: cleft, dissected Definition: having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib

Hypernyms: conjugate Definition: (of a pinnate leaflet) having only one pair of leaflets

Hypernyms: decompound Definition: of a compound leaf; consisting of divisions that are themselves compound

Hypernyms: paripinnate, abruptly-pinnate, even-pinnate Definition: (of a leaf shape) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex

Hypernyms: incised Definition: sharply and deeply indented

Hypernyms: lobate, lobed Definition: having deeply indented margins but with lobes not entirely separate from each other

Hypernyms: imparipinnate, odd-pinnate Definition: (a leaf shape) pinnate with a single leaflet at the apex

Hypernyms: palm-shaped, palmate Definition: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a common point

Hypernyms: palmatifid Definition: of a leaf shape; palmately cleft rather than lobed

Hypernyms: parted Definition: having a margin incised almost to the base so as to create distinct divisions or lobes

Hypernyms: pedate Definition: of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply cleft or divided

Hypernyms: pinnate, pinnated Definition: (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each side of a common axis

Hypernyms: pinnatifid Definition: (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in broad divisions not separated into distinct leaflets

Hypernyms: pinnatisect Definition: (of a leaf shape) cleft nearly to the midrib in narrow divisions not separated into distinct leaflets

Hypernyms: quinquefoliate Definition: (of a leaf shape) having five leaflets

Hypernyms: radiate Definition: having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies

Hypernyms: ternate Definition: (of a leaf shape) consisting of three leaflets or sections

Hypernyms: trifoliate, trifoliated, trifoliolate Definition: (of a leaf shape) having three leaflets

Hypernyms: trilobate, trilobated, trilobed, three-lobed Definition: (of a leaf shape) divided into three lobes

Hypernyms: tripinnate, tripinnated Definition: (of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate

Hypernyms: tripinnatifid Definition: (of a leaf shape) bipinnatifid with segments pinnatifid

Synonyms: colonial, compound Definition: composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony Usage: coral is a colonial organism

Hypernyms: complex Definition: complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts Usage: a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody; a complex mass of diverse laws and customs