ALL meanings of marry
mar·ry
M m - transitive verb marry take as wife or husband 1
- intransitive verb marry get married 1
- intransitive verb marry be compatible with 1
- transitive verb marry join as wife or husband 1
- transitive verb marry give for marriage 1
- transitive verb marry join together 1
- noun marry Join in marriage. 1
- verb with object marry to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me. 1
- verb with object marry to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people); join in wedlock: The minister married Susan and Ed. 1
- verb with object marry to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of (often followed by off): Her father wants to marry her to his friend's son. They want to marry off all their children before selling their big home. 1
- verb with object marry to unite intimately: Common economic interests marry the two countries. 1
- verb with object marry to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony. 1
- verb with object marry to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable: The latest cameras marry automatic and manual features. A recent merger marries two of the nation's largest corporations. 1
- verb with object marry 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. 1
- verb with object marry to cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients: to marry malt whiskey with grain whiskey. 1
- verb without object marry to wed. 1
- verb without object marry (of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably; blend: This wine and the strong cheese just don't marry. 1
- verb marry When two people get married or marry, they legally become partners in a special ceremony. Get married is less formal and more commonly used than marry. 0
- verb marry When a priest or official marries two people, he or she conducts the ceremony in which the two people legally become partners. 0
- verb marry If a parent marries their child to someone, the parent chooses who their child will marry and arranges it. 0
- verb marry to take (someone as one's partner) in marriage 0
- verb marry to join or give in marriage 0
- verb marry to acquire (something) by marriage 0
- verb marry to unite closely or intimately 0
- verb marry to fit together or align (two things); join 0
- verb marry to match up (the strands) of unlaid ropes before splicing 0
- verb marry to seize (two ropes) together at intervals along their lengths 0
- exclamation marry an exclamation of surprise, anger, etc 0
- verb transitive marry to join as spouses; unite in wedlock 0
- verb transitive marry to join (a man) to a woman as her husband, or (a woman) to a man as his wife 0
- verb transitive marry to take as spouse; take in marriage 0
- verb transitive marry to join closely or intimately; unite 0
- intransitive verb marry to get married; take a spouse 0
- intransitive verb marry to enter into a close or intimate relationship; unite 0
- interjection marry used to express surprise, anger, etc., or, sometimes, merely to provide emphasis 0
- verb marry (Intransitive Verb) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. 0
- verb marry (Transitive Verb) (in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom. 0
- verb marry (Transitive Verb) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband. 0
- verb marry (Transitive Verb) To take as husband or wife. 0
- verb marry (Transitive Verb) (figuratively) To unite; to join together into a close union. 0
- verb marry (Transitive Verb) To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place. 0
- verb marry (nautical) To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time. 0
- verb marry (nautical) To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block. 0
- interjection marry (Obsolete (No longer in use)) indeed!, in truth!; a term of asseveration. 0