Verb (used without object) : The clay combined with the water to form a thick paste. ,After the two factions combined, they proved invincible.    From Dictionary.com. 

But like many other players, Brees learned the combine is all about measurable numbers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking out of combine speed trap] Reference

"What he ran at the combine is what he ran for us for three years," Friedgen says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Runaway talent? Heyward-Bey needs more than speed in NFL] Reference

The only thing for which we can combine is the underlying ideal of Socialism; justice and liberty.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Road to Wigan Pier] Reference

When coal or wood is burnt the carbon and hydrogen which they contain combine with the oxygen in the air.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920 - Presentation Speech] Reference

The combine is run by National Football Scouting, a firm based in Tulsa, that contracts with 17 NFL teams.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Combine rooted in convenience for teams, players] Reference

And soon she had him telling her about his "combine" -- frankly, boastfully, his face more and more flushed, for as he talked he drank.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cost] Reference

Excluded from the combine were the following Red Raiders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Double-T Nation] Reference

In fact, Mitchell calls his combine his "office on wheels.".    From Wordnik.com.  [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference

His 40-yard time at the combine was a disappointing 4.78 seconds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wake Forest's Curry heads deep draft for linebackers] Reference

By sheer coincidence, their titles combine to form the perfect Q&A of modern paranoia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book review of "Be Very Afraid," by Robert Wuthnow and "How Risky Is It, Really?," by David Ropeik] Reference

But the combine is the single best chance to get an up-close view of all the top prospects.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Seattle Times] Reference

Both labels combine this year to bring all the new talent to one essential party in South Beach.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Like Music - music news] Reference

Ran the 60 meters for Notre Dame's track team, but his fastest 40 at the combine was a so-so 4.57.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Wideout pool starts shallow, gets deeper] Reference

But I think they should move further – namely combine the Q&A concept with some other service (s).    From Wordnik.com.  [Google Answers Rises From The Dead In Russia] Reference

What do you get when you combine a kazoo, a ukulele, a toy piano and Europe's "The Final Countdown"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back to Rockville] Reference

One thing I do get into during the combine is the videos of random athleticism from these college players.    From Wordnik.com.  [Behind the Steel Curtain] Reference

Smith (6-1, 217) timed at 4.53 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the combine, which is nothing special for a running back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lots of yards, but no hype, for RB prospect Smith] Reference

The other verb, meaning to merge or combine, is by comparison an upstart — it’s recorded only from the middle 1930s.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » To Meld — What Does “Meld” Mean?] Reference

The online Snapters titles combine visual and audio prompts to guide students through each chapter of the associated book.    From Wordnik.com.  [WebWire | Recent Headlines] Reference

Because later a tile works in Trinidad was intervened and put into a combine, which is like putting a needle into a haystack.    From Wordnik.com.  [MEETING OF DIRECTORS AND CADRES OF THE SCHOOL] Reference

The restaurant makes the dressing a day ahead to let the flavors combine, which is probably a good idea if you can stand to wait.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recipe for Salad with Tomatoes, Avocado, Feta, Shrimp, and Caper Vinaigrette] Reference

Below is the picture which was taken from my ancient Minolta Camera at Asim's place during one of our so called combine study session.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference

The real importance of the combine is the opportunity it affords coaches and scouts to study players 'body types and see them interact.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The names, garish colours, emphasis on calorie content and childish lettering on the labels combine to make this marketing unacceptable. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [mad.co.uk : Today's Breaking News] Reference

"combine" -- frankly, boastfully, his face more and more flushed, for as he talked he drank.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cost] Reference

It will kind of combine with this area of low pressure.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2009] Reference

It's going to kind of combine with what's heading towards the northeast right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 15, 2009] Reference

It perishes after a while in sandy and clayey ground, but it flourishes in such as combine those two ingredients.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

It is impossible to have a "combine" of fifty thousand units and maintain the necessary appeal to the cupidity of the individual.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deep Furrows] Reference

It should be illegal for paid employees to "combine" also.    From Wordnik.com.  [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference

I would like to "combine" the data so that I have all of the data in one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference

Is it not one of the elements of every "combine" at virtually every level of the game?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grande Prairie Daily Herald Tribune] Reference

combine resources.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

combine resources.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object) : She combined the ingredients to make the cake. They combined the two companies. ,a plan that combines the best features of several other plans.    From Dictionary.com.