Thesaurus: hyphen

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1. n. A word/mark">mark or word/short">short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.
2. v. t. To word/connect">connect with, or word/separate">separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.
3. n. a word/punctuation">punctuation word/mark">mark (‘-’) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
4. v. divide or connect with a hyphen
5. A word/mark">mark or word/short">short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words. To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.
6. A word/mark">mark or word/short">short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a linewhich terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which iscarried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compoundword; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used toseparate the syllables of words.
7. n:100 n. a word/punctuation">punctuation word/mark">mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text