Coalesce

Etymology
From coalesco:, from co- + alesco:.

Verb

 * 1)  To join into a single mass or whole.
 * The droplets coalesced into a puddle.
 * 1) * 2005, Plato, Sophist, Translation by Lesley Brown, 2,
 * ... when a thing's own light and the light from something else coalescing into one on bright and smooth surfaces produce a form which yields a perception reversed from the way a thing normally looks.
 * 1)  To form from different pieces or elements.
 * The puddle coalesced from the droplets as they ran together.
 * 1)  When two, or more, pieces of metal are bonded together (usually via welding) by liquefying the places where they are to be bonded, coalescing these liquids, and allowing the coalesced liquid to solidify. At the end of this process the two pieces of metal have become one continuous solid.

Synonyms

 * amalgamate, combine, join, merge, unite

Related terms

 * -esce
 * coalescence

Thesaurus
act in concert, act together, add, adhere, admix, affiliate, alloy, ally, amalgamate, assimilate, associate, band, band together, be in league, bemingle, blend, bracket, cleave, cling, club together, coact, collaborate, collude, combine, come together, commingle, commix, compose, compound, comprise, concert, concoct, concord, concur, confederate, conglomerate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, conspire, cooperate, do business with, embody, emulsify, encompass, federate, flux, fuse, get heads together, get together, go partners, hang together, harmonize, hash, hold together, homogenize, hook up, identify, immingle, immix, include, incorporate, integrate, interblend, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, intertwine, interweave, join, join in, join together, jumble, keep together, knead, league, league together, link, lump together, make common cause, make one, meld, melt into one, merge, mingle, mingle-mangle, mix, mix up, partner, play ball, pull together, put heads together, put together, reciprocate, reembody, relate, roll into one, scramble, shade into, shuffle, solidify, stand together, stick, stir up, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, team up, throw in together, throw together, tie in, tie up, toss together, unify, unite, unite efforts, wed, work, work together

Translations

 * Bulgarian: сливам се, обединявам се
 * Czech: se,  se
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: se fondre,


 * German:, , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: сливаться, объединяться
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,


 * Bulgarian: сливам се
 * Czech: se,  se
 * Dutch: doen versmelten, doen samensmelten
 * Finnish:
 * French: réunir, unir


 * German:, , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,