Joint - English meaning

adjective

Joined by or relating to members of an alliance.

Usage examples:

Allied territories

verb

Combine or unite a resource or commodity with (another) for mutual benefit.

Usage examples:

He allied his racing experience with his father's business acumen

noun

The formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech.

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The articulation of vowels and consonants

noun

The way in which words are pronounced, esp. in singing

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

adjective

(of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point.

Usage examples:

A blunt knife

verb

Make or become less sharp.

Usage examples:

Wood can blunt your axe

noun

A hollowed-out cigar filled with cannabis.

Usage examples:

Consequently, marijuana use in blunts may persist longer into adulthood for a larger proportion of …

noun

A container filled with explosive or incendiary material, designed to explode on impact or when detonated by a timing, proximity, or remote-control device.

Usage examples:

A bomb attack

verb

Attack (a place or object) with a bomb or bombs.

Usage examples:

They bombed the city at dawn

noun

An aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.

Usage examples:

These forces are a mixture of assets that includes fighters, bombers, and support aircraft.

noun

A person who makes or explodes bombs

noun

A device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support.

Usage examples:

A neck brace

verb

Make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support.

Usage examples:

The posts were braced by lengths of timber

noun

Each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context.

Usage examples:

Symbols are given in brackets

verb

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.

Usage examples:

I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in…

noun

Either of a pair of marks [ ], or the information inside them, used in a piece of writing to show that what is inside these marks should be considered as separate from the main part

Usage examples:

Most college students are in the 18 to 22 age bracket., her new job puts her in a higher income/tax…

noun

A person whose trade is cutting up and selling meat in a shop.

Usage examples:

Markets often have butchers or cooked meat shops that specialize in the head and trotters, that is,…

verb

Slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food.

Usage examples:

A ban on butchering downer cows - animals that stagger, can't walk, or exhibit other signs of bse-w…

adjective

Having an appearance or other qualities of a type traditionally seen as masculine.

Usage examples:

A butch woman in a baseball cap

verb

Cut (a hard material) in order to produce an object, design, or inscription.

Usage examples:

The wood was carved with runes

verb

To make something by cutting into esp. wood or stone, or to cut into the surface of stone, wood, etc.

Usage examples:

[ t ] this totem pole is carved from a single tree trunk., [ i/t ] would you like me to carve (the …

noun

An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity.

Usage examples:

I belong to a photographic club

verb

Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present

verb

Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement.

Usage examples:

The islanders clubbed whales to death

adjective

Produced by or involving two or more parties working together.

Usage examples:

Collaborative research

adjective

Involving two or more people or organizations working together for a particular purpose

Usage examples:

A collaborative effort/venture/study the presentation was a collaborative effort by everyone in the…

adjective

Done by people acting as a group.

Usage examples:

A collective protest

noun

A cooperative enterprise.

Usage examples:

The exhibition showcases the work of art collectives from more than 20 countries

verb

Join or merge to form a single unit or substance.

Usage examples:

Combine the flour with the margarine and salt

verb

Harvest (a crop) by means of a combine harvester.

Usage examples:

He combined ten acres of linseed

noun

A group of people or companies acting together for a commercial purpose.

Usage examples:

One of the world's biggest food and personal products combines

noun

The joint between two bones.

Usage examples:

Opposing this hinge axis is the ventral commissure.

noun

A surface where two parts meet, for example the lips

adjective

Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.

Usage examples:

Salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings

noun

A piece of open land for public use.

Usage examples:

We spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers

adjective

Found frequently in many places or among many people

Usage examples:

Money worries are a common problem for people raising children., guilt and forgiveness are themes c…

adjective

Shared by all members of a community; for common use.

Usage examples:

A communal bathroom and kitchen

adjective

Belonging to or used by all members of a group

Usage examples:

The neighborhood council organized voluntary communal patrols.

adjective

Jointly arranged or carried out; coordinated.

Usage examples:

A concerted attempt to preserve religious unity

verb

Arrange (something) by mutual agreement or coordination.

Usage examples:

They started meeting regularly to concert their parliamentary tactics

adjective

(of an attempt to do something) determined and serious, or done together with others

Usage examples:

I really made a concerted effort to get involved in community affairs.

noun

A relationship in which a person or thing is linked or associated with something else.

Usage examples:

The connections between social attitudes and productivity

noun

The fact of arriving on an aircraft, train, etc., before a second vehicle, on which passengers can continue their trip, leaves

Usage examples:

We were delayed and missed our connection., [ c ] a sewer connection, [ c ] science has not shown a…

noun

A relationship between two things, ideas, etc.

Usage examples:

Connection between sth and sth a study of the connection between pay and performance, a(n) internet…

adjective

Involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal.

Usage examples:

Every member has clearly defined tasks in a cooperative enterprise

noun

A farm, business, or other organization which is owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits.

Usage examples:

We run the agency as a workers' cooperative

adjective

Relating to a large company or group.

Usage examples:

Airlines are very keen on their corporate identity

noun

A corporate company or group.

Usage examples:

The rating assesses the average risk of payment default of corporates in the country.

adjective

Relating to a business, especially a large business

Usage examples:

Corporate bosses, analysts are expecting share prices to fall in the first quarter of next year bec…

noun

A thing that connects two things, especially mechanical components or systems.

Usage examples:

A hydraulic coupler

noun

A device for connecting parts of machinery.

Usage examples:

Undo the couplings so you can lift the pump out

verb

Link or combine (something) with something else.

Usage examples:

A sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss

noun

A device that joins two things together

Usage examples:

The carriage at the end of the train was left stranded when the coupling broke.

verb

Plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head.

Usage examples:

She walked to the deep end, then she dived in

noun

A plunge head first into water.

Usage examples:

He hit the sea in a shallow dive

verb

A headlong plunge into water

noun

The action of establishing something or being established.

Usage examples:

The establishment of an independent government

noun

The people who have most of the power within government or society or in a particular business or activity

Usage examples:

The diplomatic/educational/literary establishment, visitors come to shop in the fashionable new est…

noun

A business or other organization, or the place where an organization operates

Usage examples:

An educational/training/religious establishment, what percent of your establishment's total sales a…

noun

A movable joint or mechanism on which a door, gate, or lid swings as it opens and closes or which connects linked objects.

Usage examples:

He had only time to back away before the thick wooden doors swung open, hinges protesting loudly.

verb

Attach or join with or as if with a hinge.

Usage examples:

The ironing board was set into the wall and hinged at the bottom

noun

A folding device, usually made of metal, that is attached to a door, gate, or lid on one side, allowing it to open and close

adjective

Connected with an informal type of jazz piano playing

Usage examples:

A honky-tonk piano, honky-tonk music

noun

A point or line common to lines or surfaces that intersect.

Usage examples:

The intersection of a plane and a cone

noun

A point or set of points where two lines, planes, etc., cross

Usage examples:

Times square is one of new york’s busiest intersections.

noun

The point where two things come together and have an effect on each other

Usage examples:

Intersection of sth and sth the book looks at the intersection of religious belief and business.

verb

Link; connect.

Usage examples:

The tap was joined to a pipe

noun

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together.

Usage examples:

It was soldered so well that you couldn't see the join

verb

Link; connect.

Usage examples:

The tap was joined to a pipe

noun

A place or line where two or more things are connected or fastened together.

Usage examples:

It was soldered so well that you couldn't see the join

noun

A point where two or more things are joined.

Usage examples:

The junction of the two rivers

noun

A place where things, esp. roads and railroads, meet or join

Usage examples:

The shopping center is near the junction of the new jersey turnpike and garden state parkway.

noun

A particular point in events or time.

Usage examples:

It is difficult to say at this juncture whether this upturn can be sustained

noun

A particular point in time or stage in a series of events

Usage examples:

Negotiations are at a critical juncture.

noun

A fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it.

Usage examples:

Tie a knot at the end of the cord

verb

Fasten with a knot.

Usage examples:

The scarves were knotted loosely around their throats

noun

A small, relatively short-billed sandpiper, with a reddish-brown or blackish breast in the breeding season.

Usage examples:

You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, usi…

noun

A relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.

Usage examples:

A commission to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline

verb

Make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.

Usage examples:

Rumours that linked his name with judith

noun

A torch of pitch and tow for lighting the way in dark streets.

noun

The action of linking or the state of being linked.

Usage examples:

There is no proof of linkage to a terrorist organization

noun

A connection, or the action of connecting

Usage examples:

[ c ] there’s a direct linkage between cultural values and the way people live.

noun

The existence or forming of a connection between two or more things so that one thing happening or changing depends on the other thing happening or changing

Usage examples:

Linkage between sth (and sth) he concludes that strong linkage between performance and reward will …

adjective

(of a feeling or action) experienced or done by each of two or more parties towards the other or others.

Usage examples:

A partnership based on mutual respect and understanding

noun

A mutual building society or insurance company.

Usage examples:

Life insurance firms are mutuals, owned by their policyholders

adjective

(of two or more people or groups) feeling the same emotion, or doing the same thing to or for each other

Usage examples:

The organization promotes mutual understanding between peoples., we let the subject drop, by mutual…

noun

A connection or series of connections linking two or more things.

Usage examples:

The nexus between industry and political power

noun

An important connection between the parts of a system or a group of things

Usage examples:

Times square is the nexus of the new york subway.

noun

An entertainment venue that is open from the evening until early morning, having facilities such as a bar and disco or other entertainment.

Usage examples:

Bars, clubs, nightclubs, sports and shopping facilities are also featured.

noun

A place where people go in the evening to eat and drink, dance, listen to music, or watch entertainment

adjective

Given, felt, or done in return.

Usage examples:

She was hoping for some reciprocal comment or gesture

noun

An expression or function so related to another that their product is unity; the quantity obtained by dividing the number one by a given quantity.

Usage examples:

The compressibility is the reciprocal of the bulk modulus

adjective

Operating for both, esp. equally or to a similar degree

Usage examples:

They share a truly reciprocal relationship.

noun

A cannabis cigarette.

Usage examples:

Establishments sell grass openly and the customers (vietnamese rarely smoke) roll and lazily smoke …

noun

Short for reefer jacket.

noun

A refrigerated lorry, railway wagon, or ship.

Usage examples:

Behind the locomotive is a reefer (refrigerator car) to supply ice for drinking water in the sleepe…

noun

A place where people pay to sit and eat meals that are cooked and served on the premises.

Usage examples:

In the past five years numerous cafes, restaurants, bars, and shops have opened

noun

A place of business where people can choose a meal to be prepared and served to them at a table, and for which they pay, usually after eating

Usage examples:

A chinese/italian/mexican restaurant

noun

A place where meals are prepared and served to paying customers

Usage examples:

She has no experience of running a restaurant., the restaurant business/industry, a restaurant chai…

noun

A line where two pieces of fabric are sewn together in a garment or other article.

Usage examples:

He turned to the foreman and said, ‘the patterns of the side seams on these coats do not match.’

verb

Sew the seam of or join with a seam.

Usage examples:

Our stockings are seamed by hand

adjective

Distributed between members of a group.

Usage examples:

A joint venture with shared profits

verb

Have a portion of (something) with another or others.

Usage examples:

He shared the pie with her

noun

(in the us during prohibition) an illicit liquor shop or drinking club.

Usage examples:

Speakeasies flourished and bootleg liquor flowed freely in many municipalities.

noun

A place where alcohol was illegally sold and drunk in the us in the 1920s and 1930s

noun

A cigarette containing the drug cannabis

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

noun

A stitch or row of stitches holding together the edges of a wound or surgical incision.

Usage examples:

Sutures are removed on the 5th to 7th day after the operation

verb

Stitch up (a wound or incision) with a suture.

Usage examples:

The small incision was sutured

noun

A stitch used to sew up a cut in a person's body

adjective

Joined together politically, for a common purpose, or by common feelings.

Usage examples:

Women acting together in a united way

verb

Come or bring together for a common purpose or action.

Usage examples:

He called on the party to unite

adjective

Joined together as a group

Usage examples:

United against factions previously at war with one another are now united against the common enemy.…

verb

Join together (metal parts) by heating the surfaces to the point of melting with a blowpipe, electric arc, or other means, and uniting them by pressing, hammering, etc.

Usage examples:

Steel plates were being welded

noun

A welded joint.

Usage examples:

This process is quite common for making welds for making watertight joints for tanks, etc.

noun

A widely distributed plant related to mignonette, yielding a yellow dye.