joined
English
join
English
Verb
(en verb )
To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
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To come together; to meet.
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* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.
To come into the company of.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
To become a member of.
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* , chapter=22
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined . One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
(computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
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To unite in marriage.
* (John Wycliffe) (1320-1384)
- he that joineth his virgin in matrimony
* Bible, (w) xix. 6
- What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
* (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
- They join them penance, as they call it.
To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
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Synonyms
* (to combine more than one item into one) bewed, connect, fay, unite
Noun
(en noun )
An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
(computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
(algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol .
Antonyms
* (lowest upper bound) meet
Derived terms
* antijoin
* autojoin
* cross join
* equijoin
* explicit join
* implicit join
* inner join
* left join
* natural join
* outer join
* right join
* semijoin
* theta join
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joint
Adjective
(–)
Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
- The play was a joint production between the two companies.
* Shakespeare
- A joint burden laid upon us all.
Derived terms
* joint effort
* joint venture
* joint-stock company
* joint will
Noun
(en noun )
The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
- This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
- The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
(anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
- The dovetail joint , while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
A cut of meat.
- Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
- a joint”’ of cane or of a grass stem; a ”’joint of the leg
(geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business.
- It was the kind of joint you wouldn’t want your boss to see you in.
(slang) (always with “the” ) prison
- I’m just trying to stay out of the joint .
(slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint .
Synonyms
* hinge, pivot
* (marijuana cigarette) See also
Derived terms
* case the joint
* dovetail joint
* flexible joint
* miter joint
* jointed
* out of joint
* rigid joint
* universal joint
* control joint
* butt joint
Verb
(en verb )
To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
- to joint‘ boards, a ‘ jointing plane
* (rfdate ), (Alexander Pope)
- Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood.
* ‘>citation
To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
* (rfdate ), (William Shakespeare)
- Jointing their force ‘gainst Caesar.
To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
* (rfdate ) (Ray)
- The fingers are jointed together for motion.
To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
* (rfdate ) (Dryden)
- He joints the neck.
* (rfdate ) (Holland)
- Quartering, jointing , seething, and roasting.
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
- the stones joint , neatly.
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