married

  • (noun): A married person.
  • (adjective): In a state of marriage; having a wife or a husband.
  • (adjective): Showing commitment or devotion normally reserved for a spouse
  • (verb): To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
  • (verb): (in passive) To be joined to (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.
  • (verb): To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
  • (verb): To take as husband or wife.
  • (verb): To unite; to join together into a close union.
  • (verb): To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.
  • (verb): To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
  • (verb): To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.
  • married to one's work.
  • Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry.
  • His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
  • He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.
  • In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.