sam

Meaning

Verb

1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To assemble.
2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
3. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
4. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To assemble; come together.
5. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To coagulate; curdle (milk).

Adv

Together

Adj

1. (dialectal, not-comparable) Half or imperfectly done.
2. (not-comparable) Half-heated.

Noun

Federal narcotics agent.

Translations

سام

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sammen

Inherited from Old English: samnian

Cognate with Dutch: zamelen

Cognate with German: sammeln

Cognate with Swedish: samla

Cognate with Icelandic: samna

Inherited from Middle English: sam-

Inherited from Old English: sam-

Cognate with Latin: -

In summary

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.