Definition of "hyphenate"

(transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen on the end of the line.  examples

(transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen.  examples

A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model", or "singer-songwriter".  examples

A person whose ethnicity is a multi-word hyphenated term, such as "African-American".  quotations  examples