Marrying vs. Marring

Marrying and Marring Definitions
Marrying
To join in marriage
They have been married for 25 years.
Marring
To inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, on.
Marrying
To take as a spouse
She married him two years ago.
Marring
To impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of; spoil.
Marrying
To give in marriage
They married their daughter to a nobleman.
Marring
A disfiguring mark; a blemish.
ADVERTISEMENT
Marrying
To perform a marriage ceremony for
The rabbi married the couple.
Marring
Something that mars or spoils; a blemish.
Marrying
To obtain by marriage
Marry money.
Marrying
(Nautical) To join (two ropes) end to end, as by splicing or seizing.
Marrying
To unite in a close, usually permanent way
"His material marries the domestic and the exotic" (Clifton Fadiman).
Marrying
To enter into marriage; wed
They married in their twenties.
ADVERTISEMENT
Marrying
To combine or blend agreeably
Let the flavors marry overnight.
Marrying
Present participle of marry
Marrying
A marriage.