The meaning of Joints

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.

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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.

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A blunt knife

verb

Make or become less sharp.

Usage examples:

Wood can blunt your axe

noun

A hollowed-out cigar filled with cannabis.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Symbols are given in brackets

verb

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.

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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

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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.

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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

noun

The joint between two bones.

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Opposing this hinge axis is the ventral commissure.

noun

A surface where two parts meet, for example the lips

noun

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

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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

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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.

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

noun

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

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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.

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He hit the sea in a shallow dive

verb

A headlong plunge into water

noun

The action of establishing something or being established.

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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

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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

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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

noun

A point where two or more things are joined.

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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

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

noun

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

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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.

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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

noun

A cannabis cigarette.

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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

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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

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.

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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

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.