'Joining' definitions:
Definition of 'joining'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet" [syn: joining, connection, connexion]
Definition of 'Joining'
From: GCIDE
- Join \Join\ (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joined (joind); p. pr. & vb. n. Joining.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See Yoke, and cf. Conjugal, Junction, Junta.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append. [1913 Webster]
- Woe unto them that join house to house. --Is. v. 8. [1913 Webster]
- Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Thy tuneful voice with numbers join. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- We jointly now to join no other head. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To unite in marriage. [1913 Webster]
- He that joineth his virgin in matrimony. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
- What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. --Matt. xix. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.] [1913 Webster]
- They join them penance, as they call it. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant. [PJC]
- 7. To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president. [PJC]
- To join battle, To join issue. See under Battle, Issue.
- Syn: To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'joining'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accession,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- adjunction,
- affixation,
- agglutination,
- ankle,
- annexation,
- articulation,
- attachment,
- augmentation,
- binding,
- boundary,
- butt,
- cervix,
- clinch,
- closure,
- collision course,
- combinative,
- communicating,
- confrontation,
- conjunctive,
- connecting,
- connecting link,
- connecting rod,
- connection,
- connectional,
- connective,
- copulative,
- coupling,
- dovetail,
- elbow,
- embrace,
- encounter,
- gliding joint,
- hinge,
- hinged joint,
- hip,
- increase,
- intercommunicating,
- interface,
- join,
- joint,
- junction,
- juncture,
- juxtaposition,
- knee,
- knuckle,
- link,
- linking,
- meeting,
- miter,
- mortise,
- narrow squeak,
- near thing,
- near-miss,
- neck,
- pivot,
- pivot joint,
- prefixation,
- rabbet,
- reinforcement,
- rencontre,
- scarf,
- seam,
- shoulder,
- stitch,
- suffixation,
- superaddition,
- superfetation,
- superjunction,
- superposition,
- supplementation,
- suture,
- symphysis,
- tie rod,
- toggle,
- toggle joint,
- union,
- uniting,
- weld,
- wrist