merging

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: merg=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

merging, adj. 

•  combining or mixing.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  flowing together.  [WordNet 1.5]

merging, n. 

•  The act or process of joining together into one entity.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  a flowing together (as of rivers).  [WordNet 1.5]

THESAURUS

merging

acme, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, apex, apogee, articulation, associative, blending, bond, bracketing, climax, clustering, combination, combinative, combinatory, combining, communication, concatenation, concourse, concurrence, confluence, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connection, convergence, copulation, corporational, coupling, culmination, federal, federative, fusing, gathering, hookup, incorporating, incorporative, intercommunication, intercourse, interlinking, joinder, joining, jointure, junction, knotting, liaison, linkage, linking, marriage, meeting, merger, pairing, peak, pinnacle, splice, summit, symbiosis, tie, tie-in, tie-up, unification, union, uniting, yoking, zenith