different between combust vs gym

English

Etymology

From Middle English combust (“burnt”), from Old French combust, from Latin comb?stus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?st

Verb

combust (third-person singular simple present combusts, present participle combusting, simple past and past participle combusted)

1. To burn; to catch fire.
2. (intransitive, figuratively) To erupt with enthusiasm or boisterousness.

Hyponyms

• deflagrate
• detonate

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

combust (comparative more combust, superlative most combust)

1. (obsolete) Burnt.
2. (astrology) In close conjunction with the sun (so that its astrological influence is "burnt up"), sometimes specified to be within 8 degrees 30'.
   • , I.iii.1.3:

     Guianerius had a patient could make Latin verses when the moon was combust, otherwise illiterate.

Noun

combust

1. (obsolete) That which undergoes burning.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophone: Jim

Noun

gym (plural gyms)

1. Clipping of gymnasium.
2. (uncountable) clipping of gymnastics. (often as sense 4)
3. (weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise.
   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii

     Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?

4. physical education class

Synonyms

• (sports facility for exercise): fitness center, health club, sports club

Derived terms

Related terms

• gymnasium
• gymnast
• gymnastics

Translations

Verb

gym (third-person singular simple present gyms, present participle gyming or gymming, simple past and past participle gymed or gymmed)

1. (intransitive) To go to the gym.

   On Wednesdays I hike; on Fridays I gym.

Anagrams

• YGM

Danish

Noun

gym (not declinable)

1. (slang) gymnasium

French

Noun

gym f (plural gyms)

1. Clipping of gymanstique.

gym m (plural gyms)

1. Clipping of gymnase.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

gym n (plural gymmen, diminutive gymmetje n)

1. short for gymnasium, a special type of secondary school

Noun

gym m (uncountable)

1. short for gymnastiek, physical education class

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gym m (definite singular gymmen)

1. clipping of gymnastikk.

Derived terms

• gymsal

References

• “gym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gym m (definite singular gymmen)

1. clipping of gymnastikk.

Derived terms

• gymsal

References

• “gym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Alternative forms

yim

Etymology

Borrowed from English gym.

Noun

gym m (plural gyms)

1. gym, gymnasium

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gym, clipping of gymnasium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?m/

Noun

gym n

1. gym; a sporting facility specialized on exercising strength, lifting weights.

Declension

Derived terms

• gymma