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Entry 11 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Join

/(join)/ · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɔɪn/
01 v. t. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
imp. & p. p. Joined; p. pr. & vb. n. Joining
  1. 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.
    “Woe unto them that join house to house.” — Is. v. 8.
    “Held up his left hand, which did flame and burn Like twenty torches joined.” — Shak.
    “Thy tuneful voice with numbers join.” — Dryden.
  2. 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.
    “We jointly now to join no other head.” — Dryden.
  3. 3.
    To unite in marriage.
    “He that joineth his virgin in matrimony.” — Wyclif.
    “What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” — Matt. xix. 6.
  4. 4.
    To enjoin upon; to command.[Obs. & R.]
    “They join them penance, as they call it.” — Tyndale.
  5. 5.
    To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.
  6. 6.
    To meet with and accompany; as, we joined them at the restaurant.
  7. 7.
    To combine with (another person) in performing some activity; as, join me in welcoming our new president.
Phrases & compounds
To join battle — See under Battle, Issue.
Syn. To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add.
02 v. i. To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers join.
  1. 1.
    To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the bones of the skull join; two rivers join.
    “Whose house joined hard to the synagogue.” — Acts xviii. 7.
    “Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations?” — Ezra ix. 14.
    “Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.” — Shak.
03 n. The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.
  1. 1.
    The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.(Geom.)
  2. 2.
    The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam.
  3. 3.
    The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system.(Computers)