<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>married</li><li>to take in marriage</li><li>to perform the marriage ceremonies for (two people); join in wedlock</li><li>to give in marriage; arrange the marriage of (often followed by off)</li><li>to unite intimately</li><li>to take as an intimate life partner by a formal exchange of promises in the manner of a traditional marriage ceremony</li><li>to combine, connect, or join so as to make more efficient, attractive, or profitable</li><li>to lay together (the unlaid strands of two ropes) to be spliced</li><li>to seize (two ropes) together end to end for use as a single line</li><li>to cause (food, liquor, etc.) to blend with other ingredients</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>married</li><li>to wed</li><li>(of two or more foods, wines, etc.) to combine suitably or agreeably; blend</li></ul>