From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sum \Sum\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Summed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Summing}.] [Cf. F. sommer, LL. summare.]
1. To bring together into one whole; to collect into one amount; to cast up, as a column of figures; to ascertain the totality of; -- usually with up.
The mind doth value every moment, and then the hour doth rather sum up the moments, than divide the day. --Bacon.
2. To bring or collect into a small compass; to comprise in a few words; to condense; -- usually with up.
''Go to the ant, thou sluggard,'' in few words sums up the moral of this fable. --L'Estrange.
He sums their virtues in himself alone. --Dryden.
3. (Falconry) To have (the feathers) full grown; to furnish with complete, or full-grown, plumage.
But feathered soon and fledge They summed their pens [wings]. --Milton.
{Summing up}, a compendium or abridgment; a recapitulation; a r['e]sum['e]; a summary.
Syn: To cast up; collect; comprise; condense; comprehend; compute.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: {sum of money}, {amount}, {amount of money}]
2: a quantity obtained by addition [syn: {amount}, {total}]
3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered" [syn: {summation}, {sum total}]
4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core}, {center}, {essence}, {gist}, {heart}, {heart and soul}, {inwardness}, {marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {nitty-gritty}]
5: the whole amount [syn: {total}, {totality}, {aggregate}]
6: the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan
7: a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn: {union}, {join}]
verb
1: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper" [syn: {summarize}, {summarise}, {sum up}]
2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town" [syn: {total}, {tot}, {tot up}, {sum up}, {summate}, {tote up}, {add}, {add together}, {tally}, {add up}] [also: {summing}, {summed}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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