Splice

  • 41splice — I. transitive verb (spliced; splicing) Etymology: obsolete Dutch splissen; akin to Middle Dutch splitten to split Date: circa 1525 1. a. to unite (as two ropes) by interweaving the strands b. to unite (as lengths of magnetic tape) by overlapping… …

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  • 42splice — Synonyms and related words: accouple, accumulate, adhesive, affixation, agglomeration, agglutinate, agglutination, aggregation, amass, annexation, arrange a match, articulate, articulation, assemble, associate, attachment, band, bandage, belt,… …

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  • 43splice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. join, unite, interweave; slang, marry. See junction, marriage. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. knit, graft, mesh; see join 1 , weave 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. join, unite, wed, weave together,… …

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  • 44splice — vb British to have sex (with) ► I spliced his woman while he was on bar duty downstairs. (Harry s Kingdom, British TV film, 1986) …

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  • 45splice — splaɪs n. act of joining by splicing; place where two parts have been joined by splicing v. join by connecting the ends; join by overlapping and binding (of wood); unite, join together; marry, join in marriage …

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  • 46splice — verb join (a rope or ropes) by interweaving the strands at the ends. ↘join (pieces of timber, film, or tape) at the ends. ↘Genetics join or insert (a gene or gene fragment). noun a spliced join. ↘the wedge shaped tang of a cricket bat handle,… …

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  • 47splice — v. a. Braid together (as the ends of ropes), join together …

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  • 48splice — 1 verb (T) 1 to join the ends of two pieces of rope, film etc so that they form one continuous piece 2 get spliced BrE informal to get married 2 noun (C) the act of joining the ends of two things together, or the place where this join has been… …

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  • 49splice — v 1. interweave, braid, knit, twist; intertwine, intertwist, interlace, interknit; join, unite, connect, tie, bind, conjoin, fix; fasten, Naut. bend, knot, yoke, link, belt, cinch; dovetail, miter, weld, rabbet; mortise, overlap, graft. n 2.… …

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  • 50splice — [splaɪs] verb [T] to connect the ends of two pieces of something such as rope, so that they form one piece …

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