Definition of multiply

"multiply" in the verb sense

1. multiply

combine by multiplication

"multiply 10 by 15"

2. multiply, manifold

combine or increase by multiplication

"He managed to multiply his profits"

3. breed, multiply

have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms

"pandas rarely breed in captivity"

4. reproduce, procreate, multiply

have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

"The Bible tells people to procreate"

"These bacteria reproduce"

"multiply" in the adverb sense

1. multiply

in several ways in a multiple manner

"they were multiply checked for errors"

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Quotations for multiply

Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs. [ Proverb ]

The ruses of women multiply with their years. [ Proverb ]

Insincerity is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

Riches amassed in haste will diminish; but those collected by hand and little by little will multiply. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Prudery is often immodestly modest; its habit is to multiply sentinels in proportion as the fortress is less threatened. [ G. D. Prentice ]

Scandals are like dandelion seeds - they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold. [ Ouida ]

Many a beggar at the crossway, or gray-haired shepherd on the plain, hath more of the end of all wealth than hundreds who multiply the means. [ Tupper ]

The affections are the children of ignorance; when the horizon of our experience expands, and models multiply, love and admiration imperceptibly vanish. [ Beaconsfield ]

Neither can we admit that definition of genius that some would propose - a power to accomplish all that we undertake; for we might multiply examples to prove that this definition of genius contains more than the thing defined. Cicero failed in poetry. Pope in painting. Addison in oratory; yet it would be harsh to deny genius to these men. [ Colton ]

multiply in Scrabble®

The word multiply is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters multiply:

MULTIPLY
(144)
MULTIPLY
(144)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word multiply

MULTIPLY
(144)
MULTIPLY
(144)
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(96)
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MULTIPLY
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MULTIPLY
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MULTIPLY
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In multiply

MULTIPLY
(144)
MULTIPLY
(144)
MULTIPLY
(96)
MULTIPLY
(96)
MULTIPLY
(60)
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(60)
MULTIPLY
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(48)
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multiply in Words With Friends™

The word multiply is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters multiply:

MULTIPLY
(126)
MULTIPLY
(126)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word multiply

MULTIPLY
(126)
MULTIPLY
(126)
MULTIPLY
(99)
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(93)
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(92)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In multiply

MULTIPLY
(126)
MULTIPLY
(126)
MULTIPLY
(99)
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(93)
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Words within the letters of multiply

2 letter words in multiply (6 words)

3 letter words in multiply (13 words)

4 letter words in multiply (13 words)

5 letter words in multiply (4 words)

6 letter words in multiply (1 word)

8 letter words in multiply (1 word)

multiply + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence multiply

Words that start with multiply (2 words)

Word Growth involving multiply

Shorter words in multiply

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Longer words containing multiply

crossmultiply crossmultiplying

multiplying crossmultiplying

multiplying photomultiplying

multiplying postmultiplying

multiplying remultiplying premultiplying

photomultiply photomultiplying

postmultiply postmultiplying

remultiply premultiply premultiplying

remultiply remultiplying premultiplying