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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyphen \Hy"phen\, n. [L., fr Gr ?, fr ? under one into one together, fr ? under + ?, neut. of ? one See {Hypo-}.] (Print.) A mark or 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hyphen \Hy"phen\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hyphened}; p. pr & vb n. {Hyphening}.] To connect with or separate by a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hyphen n : a punctuation 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 [syn: {dash}] v : write with a hyphen [syn: {hyphenate}]
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