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RECOMBINE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they recombine ... he / she / it recombines
Past simple: recombined
Past participle: recombined
-ing form: recombining
Sense 1
Meaning:
To combine or put together again
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "recombine" is one way to...):
combine; compound (put or add together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
recombination ((physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause genetic recombination
Example:
should scientists recombine DNA?
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "recombine" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
recombine (undergo genetic recombination)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
recombination ((genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Undergo genetic recombination
Example:
The DNA can recombine
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "recombine" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
recombine (cause genetic recombination)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
recombination ((genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents)
