"sam" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /sæm/
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English sam- (prefix), from Old English sam-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- (“half”). Related to semi- (via Latin). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sam-|pos=prefix}} Middle English sam- (prefix), {{inh|en|ang|sam-}} Old English sam-, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sēmi-||half}} Proto-Germanic *sēmi- (“half”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sēmi-||half}} Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- (“half”), {{m|en|semi-}} semi-, {{cog|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sam (not comparable)
  1. (dialectal) Half or imperfectly done. Tags: dialectal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-sam-en-adj-MxAbdAc3
  2. (of food) Half-heated. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-sam-en-adj-pJ4Eveoa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sammy, sandblind
Etymology number: 4

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English sām (“together”), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-West Germanic *saman, from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|sām||together}} Middle English sām (“together”), {{der|en|ang|samen||together}} Old English samen (“together”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*saman}} Proto-West Germanic *saman, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*samanai||together}} Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*sem-||together, one}} Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} sam (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Together Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-sam-en-adv-Mw5t4KDj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Audio: En-au-sam.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Acronym Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} sam
  1. surface-to-air missile Synonyms: SAM
    Sense id: en-sam-en-noun-qeiMK4Gz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 1 46 2 8 6 7 8 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /sæm/ Forms: sams [plural]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: Possibly from Uncle Sam. Etymology templates: {{m|en|Uncle Sam}} Uncle Sam Head templates: {{en-noun}} sam (plural sams)
  1. (slang) Federal narcotics agent. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-sam-en-noun--~Ju0p4u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Verb

IPA: /sæm/ Forms: sams [present, singular, third-person], samming [participle, present], sammed [participle, past], sammed [past]
Rhymes: -æm Etymology: From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sammen}} Middle English sammen, {{m|enm|samnen}} samnen, {{inh|en|ang|samnian}} Old English samnian, {{m|ang|ġesamnian||to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean}} ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*samnōn}} Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*samnōną||to gather}} Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sem-||one}} Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”), {{cog|nl|zamelen||to collect}} Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), {{cog|de|sammeln||to collect, gather}} German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), {{cog|sv|samla||to gather, collect}} Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), {{cog|is|samna||to gather, collect}} Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”), {{l|en|same}} same Head templates: {{en-verb}} sam (third-person singular simple present sams, present participle samming, simple past and past participle sammed)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To assemble. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-sam-en-verb-tFJHLk~K Categories (other): British English
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.). Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-sam-en-verb-jwJKPlWN Categories (other): British English
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange. Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-sam-en-verb-xNfYLiGc Categories (other): British English
  4. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To assemble; come together. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-sam-en-verb-jCGGXy~L Categories (other): British English
  5. (transitive, UK dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk). Tags: UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-sam-en-verb-yyDuDKXz Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: samen Derived forms: stand sam, upon my sam
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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      "word": "stand sam"
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      "word": "upon my sam"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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    },
    {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to gather"
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    },
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        "4": "",
        "5": "one"
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        "2": "zamelen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to collect"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "sammeln",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to collect, gather"
      },
      "expansion": "German sammeln (“to collect, gather”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "samla",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to gather, collect"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "samna",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to gather, collect"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "same"
      },
      "expansion": "same",
      "name": "l"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sammen, samnen, from Old English samnian, ġesamnian (“to collect, assemble, bring together, gather, join, unite, compose, meet, glean”), from Proto-West Germanic *samnōn, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną (“to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one”). Cognate with Dutch zamelen (“to collect”), German sammeln (“to collect, gather”), Swedish samla (“to gather, collect”), Icelandic samna (“to gather, collect”). More at same.",
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    {
      "form": "sams",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "samming",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sammed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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        "past"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assemble."
      ],
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        [
          "assemble",
          "assemble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal) To assemble."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "together",
          "together"
        ],
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.)."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of persons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1905, Keighley Snowden, Princess Joyce",
          "text": "I sammed it up for ye",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange."
      ],
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        [
          "collect",
          "collect"
        ],
        [
          "arrange",
          "arrange"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange."
      ],
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        "of things"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assemble; come together."
      ],
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        [
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          "come together"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, UK dialectal) To assemble; come together."
      ],
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        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To coagulate; curdle (milk)."
      ],
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        [
          "coagulate",
          "coagulate"
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        [
          "curdle",
          "curdle"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, UK dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/sæm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æm"
    },
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      "homophone": "Sam (Received Pronunciation, US)"
    }
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    {
      "word": "samen"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
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    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "samen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "together"
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      "name": "der"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "together"
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
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  "pos": "adv",
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        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "text": "All Sam the souldiers then replied.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "Together"
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        "(obsolete) Together"
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        "obsolete"
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}

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        "pos": "prefix"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "4": "",
        "5": "half"
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "5": "half"
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "-"
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sam- (prefix), from Old English sam-, from Proto-Germanic *sēmi- (“half”), from Proto-Indo-European *sēmi- (“half”). Related to semi- (via Latin).",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sammy"
    },
    {
      "word": "sandblind"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms"
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      "glosses": [
        "Half or imperfectly done."
      ],
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          "Half",
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      ],
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        "(dialectal) Half or imperfectly done."
      ],
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        "dialectal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Half-heated."
      ],
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        "(of food) Half-heated."
      ],
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        "of food"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/sæm/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æm"
    },
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      "homophone": "Sam (Received Pronunciation, US)"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms with homophones",
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    "Rhymes:English/æm/1 syllable"
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        "2": "Uncle Sam"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from Uncle Sam.",
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      "form": "sams",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Federal narcotics agent."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) Federal narcotics agent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
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      "ipa": "/sæm/"
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      "rhymes": "-æm"
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      "homophone": "Sam (Received Pronunciation, US)"
    }
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}

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