Synonyms for splice
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : splahys |
| Phonetic Transcription : splaɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for splice Other synonyms for the word splice
Définition of splice
Origin :- 1520s, originally a sailors' word, from Middle Dutch splissen "to splice," ultimately from PIE *(s)plei- "to split, splice" (see flint). The Dutch word was borrowed in French as épisser. Used of motion picture film from 1912; of DNA from 1975. Related: Spliced; splicing.
- verb join, interweave
- He then ordered the purser's steward to splice the main-brace.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- His last name had a splice in the middle of it—'twas Catesby-Stuart.
- Extract from : « Cape Cod Stories » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- But he could neither hew spars, nor paint, nor splice ropes.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- There 's scarce a snake of any size hasn't an emerald or splice of gold in him.
- Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
- Why didn't you splice and bring her along in the first place?
- Extract from : « Pocket Island » by Charles Clark Munn
- By jingo, I think he might say ‘splice the main brace’ now, after all this jollification!
- Extract from : « Crown and Anchor » by John Conroy Hutcheson
- This splice is used when the rope is to run through a block.
- Extract from : « Manual of Military Training » by James A. Moss
- He's got his wits about him; knows how to sail a boat and splice a rope.
- Extract from : « A Poor Man's House » by Stephen Sydney Reynolds
- He pinched the splice lug and taped the whole works feverishly.
- Extract from : « Tight Squeeze » by Dean Charles Ing
- Come, you have begun to teach me seamanship—to knot and splice—to reef and steer.
- Extract from : « Old Jack » by W.H.G. Kingston
Antonyms for splice
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