| Verb | 1. | multiply - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations square - raise to the second power cube - raise to the third power raise - multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 | |
| 2. | multiply - combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" double, duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years" quadruple - increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled" quintuple - increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled" proliferate - cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms" | |
| 3. | multiply - have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be" | |
| 4. | multiply - have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"multiply, breed - have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity" create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" | |
| Adv. | 1. | multiply - in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"singly - one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly" | |