join
Noun
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The shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made (synset 113934166)
subtypes: esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction - the junction between the esophagus and the stomach epithelium
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A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets (synset 108015154)
"let C be the union of the sets A and B"is a type of: set - a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so usedsubtypes: direct sum - a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets
Verb
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Become part of;
Become a member of a group or organization (synset 202439823)"He joined the Communist Party as a young man"subtypes:- sign up - join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate
- band oneself, league together - attach oneself to a group
- organise, organize, unionise, unionize - form or join a union
- affiliate - join in an affiliation
- rejoin - join again
- infiltrate, penetrate - enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members
- unify, unite - act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief
same as: fall in, get together -
Cause to become joined or linked (synset 201297878)
"join these two parts so that they fit together"subtypes:
- ancylose, ankylose - produce ankylosis by surgery
- connect - join for the purpose of communication
- connect - join by means of communication equipment
- miter - fit together in a miter joint
- ply - join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding
- close, close up - unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- anastomose, inosculate - cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis
- couple, match, mate, pair, twin - bring two objects, ideas, or people together
- 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
- rabbet - join with a rabbet joint
- seam - put together with a seam
- bridge - make a bridge across
- close - bring together all the elements or parts of
- ligate - join letters in a ligature when writing
- assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together - create by putting components or members together
- sovietise, sovietize - bring under Soviet control, of a country
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Come into the company of (synset 202604762)
"She joined him for a drink"
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Make contact or come together (synset 201293672)
"The two roads join here"subtypes:
- feather - join tongue and groove, in carpentry
- attach - become attached
- cross-link - join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein)
- anastomose, inosculate - come together or open into each other
- copulate, couple, mate, pair - engage in sexual intercourse
- yoke - become joined or linked together
- engraft, graft, ingraft - cause to grow together parts from different plants
- splice - join together so as to form new genetic combinations
- splice - join the ends of
- patch, piece - to join or unite the pieces of
- solder - join or fuse with solder
- weld - join together by heating
- quilt - stitch or sew together
- entwine, knit - tie or link together
same as: conjoin -
Be or become joined or united or linked (synset 202628315)
"The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"subtypes:
- syndicate - join together into a syndicate
- articulate - unite by forming a joint or joints
- complect, interconnect, interlink - be interwoven or interconnected
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