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Noun add has 1 sense
- attention deficit disorder, ADD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, hyperkinetic syndrome, minimal brain dysfunction, minimal brain damage, MBD - a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders
 
--1 is a kind of syndrome 
--1 has parts: hyperactivity
   
Verb add has 6 senses
- add - make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, zise or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table"
 
--1 is one way to increase 
Antonyms:  take away, take out
 
Sample sentences: 
 Somebody ----s something 
 Something ----s something 
 Somebody ----s somebody PP 
 Somebody ----s something PP 
 - add, append, supply - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"
 
--2 is one way to state, say, tell 
Sample sentence: 
They add that there was a traffic accident  
 - lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring - bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program"
 
--3 is one way to change, alter, modify 
Sample sentences: 
 Something is ----ing PP 
 Somebody ----s something 
 Something ----s something 
 Somebody ----s something to somebody 
 - add, add together - make an addition by combining numbers; "Add 27 and 49, please!"
 
--4 is one way to calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure 
Antonyms:  subtract, deduct, take off
 
Sample sentences: 
 Somebody ----s 
 Somebody ----s something 
 - total, tot, tot up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add together, tally, add up - determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"
 
--5 is one way to count, number, enumerate, numerate 
Sample sentences: 
 Somebody ----s something 
 Something ----s something 
 - add - constitute an addition; "This paper will add to her reputation"
 
--6 is one way to form, constitute, make 
Sample sentence: 
 Something ----s something 
  
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