1. Make more intense, stronger, or more marked
   "The efforts were compounded";
   - intensify, heighten, deepen
    
2. Combine so as to form a whole; mix
   "compound the ingredients";
   - combine
    
3. Put or add together
   "compound resources";
   - combine
    
4. Create by mixing or combining
   "The pharmacist compounded a new medication"
    
5. Calculate principal and interest
   "The bank compounds interest on savings accounts quarterly"; "They compounded the returns on their investment annually"

1. (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
   "Water is a chemical compound of hydrogen and oxygen";
   - chemical compound
    
2. A whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
   "Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen"
    
3. A word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes
   "Also common in English is another type of verb-noun (or noun-verb) compound, in which an argument of the verb is incorporated into the verb, which is then usually turned into a gerund, such as breastfeeding, finger-pointing, etc.";
   - compound word
    
4. An enclosure of residences and other buildings
   "The diplomatic compound was heavily guarded"

1. Consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
   "a blackberry is a compound fruit"; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"
    
2. (botany) composed of more than one part
   "compound leaves are composed of several lobes"; "compound flower heads"
    
3. (zoology) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
   "coral is a compound organism";
   - colonial

Derived forms: compounding, compounded, compounds

See also: abruptly-pinnate, bilobate, bilobated, bilobed, binate, bipartite, bipinnate, bipinnatifid, cleft, complex, conjugate, decompound, dissected, even-pinnate, imparipinnate, incised, lobate, lobed, odd-pinnate, palmate, palmatifid, palm-shaped, paripinnate, pedate, pinnate, pinnated, pinnatifid, pinnatisect, quinquefoliate, radiate, rough, smooth, ternate, three-lobed, trifoliate, trifoliated, trifoliolate, trilobate, trilobated, trilobed, tripinnate, tripinnated, tripinnatifid

Type of: account, add, amalgamate, assemble, chemical, chemical substance, commix [archaic], derivative, enclosure, increase, mingle, mix, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together, unify, whole

Antonym: simple

Encyclopedia: Compound