English Dictionary

marry

/ˈmæɹ.ɪ/

verb

(intransitive) To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife. / (intransitive) To enter into marriage with one another. / (transitive) To take as husband or wife.

They are planning to marry next year.

意味（1）

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

Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To enter into marriage with one another.

Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.

意味（3）

(transitive) To take as husband or wife.

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

意味（4）

(transitive) To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.

The kyngdome of heven is lyke unto a certayne kinge, which maryed his sonne ….

意味（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.

A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.

意味（6）

(intransitive, figuratively, of inanimate or abstract things) To join or connect. See also marry up.

There’s a big gap here. These two parts don’t marry properly.

意味（7）

(transitive, figuratively) To unite; to join together into a close union.

The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.

意味（8）

(nautical) To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.

意味（9）

(nautical) To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.