marry: meaning and definitions

To join as spouses by exchanging vows.

To take as a spouse.

To give in marriage.

To perform a marriage ceremony for: The rabbi married the couple.

To obtain by marriage: marry money.

Nautical To join (two ropes) end to end by interweaving their strands.

To unite in a close, usually permanent way: "His material marries the domestic and the exotic” ( Clifton Fadiman).

To take a husband or wife; wed: They married in their twenties.

To combine or blend agreeably: Let the flavors marry overnight.

Archaic Used as an exclamation of surprise or emphasis.