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

Typist: Nola

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