English
sam
see also: Sam, SAM
Noun
  1. surface-to-air missile
Pronunciation Verb

sam (sams, present participle samming; past and past participle sammed)

  1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To assemble.
  2. (transitive, UK dialectal, of persons) To bring together; join (in marriage, friendship, love, etc.).
  3. (transitive, UK dialectal, of things) To bring together; collect; put in order; arrange.
    • We sammed together all we could find.
  4. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To assemble; come together.
  5. (transitive, UK dialectal) To coagulate; curdle (milk).
Adverb

sam (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Together
Pronunciation Adjective

sam (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) Half or imperfectly done.
  2. (of food) Half-heated.
Related terms Pronunciation Noun

sam (plural sams)

  1. (slang) Federal narcotics agent.
Sam
Pronunciation
  • (RP, America) IPA: /ˈsæm/
  • (Southern England, Australia) IPA: /ˈsæːm/
Proper noun
  1. A male given name, or rarely of Samson. Also used as a formal given name.
  2. A female given name.
  3. Surname, a romanization of 岑 or 沈.
  4. A town in Alibori, Benin.
  5. A town in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso.
  6. A town in Bourzanga, Bam.
  7. A village in Kongoussi, Bam.
  8. A Trans-New Guinea language of Papua New Guinea.
Noun

sam

  1. (Ireland, informal) The Sam Maguire Cup awarded to the All-Ireland GAA football winning team.
SAM
Proper noun
  1. (space science, NASA) Acronym of Sample Analysis at Mars a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory on board the Curiosity rover on Mars.
Noun

sam (plural sams)

  1. (military) Initialism of surface-to-air missile
  2. (nanotechnology) Initialism of self-assembled monolayer
  3. (cardiology) Initialism of systolic anterior motion
Related terms Translations
  • German: FlaRak


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