splice

Speech parts

1. splice - Noun

2. splice - Verb

Meaning

To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.

To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.

To unite in marrige.

A junction or joining made by splicing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

marry tie wed weld interlace braid tat ligation suture connection chain join link joint couple
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Antonyms

fork different separate distinct split divide
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Hypernyms

interlace join joint conjunction junction lace

Hyponyms

piece solemnize solemnise

Phrases with the word

lineman's splice butt-welded splice splice site mutation contact wire splice twist splice pig-tail splice

Derivatives

spliced splicing

Examples

I started doing radio commercials for Kmart when I was 4. They had to splice all my consonants together because I couldnt talk very well. But these jobs helped my mother and me put food on the table. It took the two of us working. Christina Applegate

You know how to split atoms, how to send explorers to the moon, how to splice genes, but you don't know how people ought to live. Daniel Quinn

Biotechnology is a worry. What if they take genetic material from wet noodles and blowfish and splice it into politician chromosomes and create a Clinton administration? P. J. O'Rourke

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together. Sylvester Stallone

The minister married us on Saturday Source: Internet

We were wed the following week Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

spleuchan spleughan splib splice form splice grafting splice site mutation