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| addable |
combined form of add. |
| adding machine |
a machine, often used by businesses, that is able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, esp. one that prints the work on paper. |
| affix |
to add on, as at the end. [1/5 definitions] |
| aggregate |
to add up to. [1/6 definitions] |
| alkalinize |
to add salt to (soil). [1/2 definitions] |
| amend |
to formally change by rephrasing, or to add to or subtract from (a legislative bill, a contract, a treaty, or the like). [1/3 definitions] |
| annex |
to add or attach, esp. to something larger. [2/4 definitions] |
| annotate |
to add explanatory notes or critical commentary to a written work. [1/2 definitions] |
| append |
to add, esp. as something extra at the end of a text. [1/2 definitions] |
| beef up |
to add improvements to (something) to make it stronger or more efficient. |
| biopic |
a biographical film or television program often containing scenes that are fictional in order to fill out the plot and add drama, humor, or suspense to make the real life subject compelling to an audience. |
| blog |
to write in or add to a blog. [1/2 definitions] |
| blow up |
to enlarge (something) or add significance. [1/6 definitions] |
| buffer1 |
to add a buffer to (a chemical solution). [1/6 definitions] |
| bustle2 |
a cushion or wire frame formerly worn beneath a dress to add fullness in the rear. [1/2 definitions] |
| buttress |
to add support or credibility to. [1/4 definitions] |
| by the way |
used to add into a conversation something that is on a different subject. This may simply function as a quick interruption of the original discussion or it may serve to change the direction of the conversation completely. |
| chime in |
to interrupt suddenly to add one's opinion. [1/2 definitions] |
| color |
to add color to a picture, often with crayons. [1/12 definitions] |
| complete |
to make whole or entire; add or constitute the final necessary part to (something). [1/6 definitions] |
| compose a number |
in mathematics education, to add together different place values to make a complete number. For example, to compose the number 231, you would add the three place values that make up this number, a 200, a 30, and a 1. |
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