combine vs trickle

combine

noun
  • An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface. 

  • Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic or fraudulent intentions. 

  • An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc. 

  • A Test match in which applicants play in the hope of earning a position on a professional football team. 

  • A combine harvester 

verb
  • To have two or more things or properties that function together. 

  • In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. 

  • To come together; to unite. 

  • To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. 

trickle

noun
  • A very thin flow; the act of trickling. 

  • A very thin river. 

verb
  • to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously. 

  • To move or roll slowly. 

  • to pour a liquid in a very thin stream, or so that drops fall continuously. 

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