Join
[dʒɒɪn] or [dʒɔɪn]
Definition
(verb.) make contact or come together; 'The two roads join here'.
(verb.) cause to become joined or linked; 'join these two parts so that they fit together'.
(verb.) become part of; become a member of a group or organization; 'He joined the Communist Party as a young man'.
(verb.) come into the company of; 'She joined him for a drink'.
Typed by Konrad--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
(v. t.) To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.
(v. t.) To unite in marriage.
(v. t.) To enjoin upon; to command.
(v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.
(v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join.
(n.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.
Checker: Percy
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Add, annex, attach, append.[2]. Connect, couple, combine, conjoin, link, cement, unite, unite together, join together.[3]. Adjoin, be connected with.[4]. Unite with, associate one's self with.
v. n. Associate, confederate, unite, be united, league.
Typist: Ora
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unite, adhere, adjoin, add, couple, connect, associate, annex, append, combine,link, accompany, confederate
ANT:Separate, disjoin, subtract, disconnect
Typist: Marcus
Definition
v.t. to connect: to unite: to associate: to add or annex.—v.i. to be connected with: to grow together: to be in close contact: to unite (with).—ns. Joind′er joining; Join′er one who joins or unites: a carpenter; Join′ery the art of the joiner; Join′-hand running hand; Join′ing the act of joining: a seam: a joint; Joint a joining: the place where or mode in which two or more things join as two rails two pieces of timber connected by mortises and tenons &c.: the flexible hinge of cloth or leather connecting the back of a book with its sides: (geol.) a crack intersecting a mass of rock: a knot: a hinge: a seam: a place of resort for tramps: (U.S.) an opium-den: the place where two bones are joined: (cook.) the part of the limb of an animal cut off at the joint.—adj. joined united or combined: shared among more than one.—v.t. to unite by joints: to fit closely: to provide with joints: to cut into joints as an animal.—v.i. to fit like joints.—adj. Joint′ed having joints.—ns. Joint′er the largest kind of plane used by a joiner: a bent piece of iron for riveting two stones together; Joint′ing-rule a long straight-edged rule used by bricklayers for keeping their work even.—adv. Joint′ly in a joint manner: unitedly or in combination: together.—ns. Joint′-oil the synovia a viscid secretion for lubricating the articular surfaces; Joint′-stock stock held jointly or in company; Joint′-stool (Shak.) a stool made of parts inserted in each other; Joint′-ten′ancy the ownership of land or goods along with one or more persons; Joint′-ten′ant one who is owner of land or goods along with others; Joint′ure property joined to or settled on a woman at marriage to be enjoyed after her husband's death.—v.t. to settle a jointure upon.—ns. Joint′ūress Join′tress a woman on whom a jointure is settled.—Join battle to engage in battle.—Out of joint dislocated (fig.) disordered; Put one's nose out of joint to supplant in another's love or confidence; Second joint the middle piece of a fly fishing-rod: the thigh of a fowl—opp. to the leg or drumstick the first joint; Universal joint a contrivance by which one part of a machine is able to move freely in all directions as in the ball-and-socket joint.
Editor: Wendell
Examples
- Do you mean to join us at dinner? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I join to it the conception of a particular government, and religion, and manners. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Jo went and sat on one arm of the chair, looking as if she thought they were about to join in some very solemn affair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Own now that you were going to join the army and leave us to our fate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Will you join us on a cruise in Mediterranean? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Miss Price, will not you join me in encouraging your cousin? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Did not I tell you he would soon join us? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- No--let the new Hospital be joined with the old Infirmary, and everything go on as it might have done if I had never come. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was only when I had joined him there that I heard what had alarmed his quicker senses. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She has joined the two chains, and has fastened them to the hasp in the tin case. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At the old boat-house he joined us again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I thanked him, and at his direction joined the members of his staff. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- On this day Blair reached New Auburn and joined McClernand's 4th division. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There must have been several in the party, said Jane, who had joined them. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- About a mile west from where I had been stopping a road comes up from the southeast, joining that from La Grange to Memphis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It will fill up the joining and form a perfect solder. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Mr. Sam Wynne coming up with great haste, to insist on the elder girls joining in the game as well as the younger ones, Caroline was again left alone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What, has Meyler gone off and left you here by yourself, said Amy, joining us, and speaking loud enough for Lady Heathcote to hear. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am joining the Duchess tomorrow, she explained, and it seemed easier for me to remain on shore for the night. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There's no denying that 'ere,' said Mr. Weller, joining in the conversation, with an affable smile. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- However, I will write to my agents about the yacht, to Mrs Dengelton and the Rector about their joining us at Athens. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Gillmore joins Butler with ten thousand men, and the two operate against Richmond from the south side of the James River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My uncle, Mr. Fairlie, never joins us at any of our meals: he is an invalid, and keeps bachelor state in his own apartments. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is the principal source of the Abana river --only one-half mile down to where it joins. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- My brother, Harry Pinner, is promoter, and joins the board after allotment as managing director. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He joins Betteredge in persuading you to drink a little brandy and water before you go to bed. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Nola