[{"word":"splicing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To unite, as spars, timbers, rails, etc., by lapping the two ends together, or by applying a piece which laps upon the two ends, and then binding, or in any way making fast.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To unite in marriage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To unite as if splicing.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He argues against attempts to splice different genres or species of literature into a single composition."},{"definition":"To remove intron sequences from the pre-messenger RNA, and then join together exons.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which things are spliced.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The point at which two things are spliced.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/splice","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/splicing"]}]