join /ˈʤɔɪn/
 (vt.)連接;參加;鄰接,毗連(vi.)聯合;參加,加入;鄰接,毗連連接;接連處


 join
 等結合; 等接


 join
 連接; 結合


 join
 聯合 結合 或


 Join v. t. [imp. & p. p. Joined p. pr. & vb. n. Joining.]
 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. 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. 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. To enjoin upon; to command. [Obs. & R.]
    They join them penance, as they call it.   --Tyndale.
 5. To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.
 To join battle, To join issue. See under Battle, Issue.
 Syn: -- To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See Add.


 Join, 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.
    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.


 Join, n.
 1. Geom. The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.

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 join
      n 1: the shape or manner in which things come together and a
           connection is made [syn: articulation, joint, juncture,
            junction]
      2: a set containing all and only the members of two or more
         given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn:
          union, sum]
      v 1: become part of; become a member of a group or organization;
           "He joined the Communist Party as a young man" [syn: {fall
           in, get together]
      2: cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so
         that they fit together" [syn: bring together] [ant: disjoin]
      3: come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink"
      4: make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
         [syn: conjoin] [ant: disjoin]
      5: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets
         connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The
         travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect,
          link, link up, unite]