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sam.

To assemble.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/sæm/
  1. To assemble.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  2. To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  3. To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.

    UK · dialectal · transitive
  4. To assemble; come together.

    UK · dialectal · intransitive
  5. To coagulate; curdle (milk).

    UK · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.

adv
  1. Together

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sām (“together”), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic *saman, from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”).

adj/sæm/
  1. Half or imperfectly done.

    dialectal · not-comparable
  2. Half-heated.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sam- (prefix), from Old English sam-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- (“half”). Related to semi- (via Latin).

noun/sæm/
  1. Federal narcotics agent.

    slang
Where this word comes from

Possibly from Uncle Sam.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.