Meaning

(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
2. (intransitive) To enter into marriage with one another.
3. (transitive) To take as husband or wife.
4. (transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
5. (transitive) 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.
6. (intransitive, figuratively, of inanimate or abstract things) To join or connect. See also marry up.
7. (transitive, figuratively) To unite; to join together into a close union.
8. (nautical) To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.

Example Sentences

Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.

Evelyn, in his "Diary," under date 1641, says that at Haerlem "they showed us a cottage where, they told us, dwelt a woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and, being now a widow, was prohibited to marry in future; […] "

But Esau, being now forty years of age, took a false step by marrying not only without his parents consent; but with two wives, daughters of the Hittites.

If and when Suzy does marry, it will be an open marriage because she's a believer in the "totality" of freedom.

the rich relationed hometown queen marries into what she needs

Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.

In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.

First Xavier (Vernon Chatman): You're about as deep as a bowl of soup, and your tongue is as sharp as a soup spoon. Second Xavier (Vernon Chatman): Hey, say what you want about me, but lay off the soup. First Xavier: If you love soup so much, why don't you marry soup? Second Xavier: 'cause I'm already married. To justice. First Xavier: Yeah. Only a blind girl would marry you.

Word Forms

• marries
• marrying
• married
• mary

Synonyms for marry

Antonyms for marry

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Use marry when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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