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Join

Noun1.join - the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium
connexion, link, connection - a connecting shape
2.join - a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; "a set of books"; "a set of golf clubs"; "a set of teeth"
direct sum - a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
Verb1.join - become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"
sign up - join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"
band oneself, league together - attach oneself to a group
unionise, unionize, organise, organize - form or join a union; "The autoworkers decided to unionize"
affiliate - join in an affiliation; "The two colleges affiliated"
rejoin - join again
infiltrate, penetrate - enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members; "The student organization was infiltrated by a traitor"
unite, unify - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
affiliate - join in an affiliation; "They affiliated themselves with the organization"
2.join - cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"
ancylose, ankylose - produce ankylosis by surgery
connect - join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?"
connect - join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this area"
miter - fit together in a miter joint
close - unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"
anastomose, inosculate - cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; "anastomose blood vessels"
couple, mate, pair, twin, match - bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project"
match - give or join in marriage
mortice, mortise - join by a tenon and mortise
cog - join pieces of wood with cogs
fair - join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly
scarf - unite by a scarf joint
rebate - join with a rebate; "rebate the pieces of timber and stone"
rabbet - join with a rabbet joint
seam - put together with a seam; "seam a dress"
bridge - make a bridge across; "bridge a river"
connect, link, link up, tie - connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
close - bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks"
ligate - join letters in a ligature when writing
assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"
sovietise, sovietize - bring under Soviet control, of a country
disjoin, disjoint - make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
3.join - come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink"
4.join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
grow together - of body parts
feather - join tongue and groove, in carpentry
attach - become attached; "The spider's thread attached to the window sill"
cross-link - join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein)
anastomose, inosculate - come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels anastomose"
connect, link, link up, tie - connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"
copulate, mate, couple, pair - make love; "Birds mate in the Spring"
yoke - become joined or linked together
engraft, graft, ingraft - cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
splice - join together so as to form new genetic combinations; "splice genes"
splice - join the ends of; "splice film"
patch, piece - to join or unite the pieces of; "patch the skirt"
solder - join or fuse with solder; "solder these two pipes together"
weld - join together by heating; "weld metal"
quilt - stitch or sew together; "quilt the skirt"
entwine, knit - tie or link together
disjoin, disjoint - become separated, disconnected or disjoint
5.join - be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
syndicate - join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated"
complect, interconnect, interlink - be interwoven or interconnected; "The bones are interconnected via the muscle"

 

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