Sekirov Dictionary

compound

/ˈkɒmpaʊnd/

noun12

  1. a substance such as salt or water, made when two or more elements join in fixed amounts
  2. Anything made by combining several things.
  3. A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
  4. An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
  5. An enclosure for secure storage.
  6. A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
  7. (Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
  8. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
  9. A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
  10. Ellipsis of compound exercise.
  11. A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
  12. A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.

verb8

  1. To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
  2. To worsen a situation.
  3. To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
  4. To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
  5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
  6. To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
  7. Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
  8. (no longer used) To compose; to constitute.

adjective3

  1. Composed of elements; not simple.
  2. Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
  3. An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
forms

compounded · compounding · compoundeth · compounds · compoundest

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