join

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To put or bring together so as to make continuous or form a unit: join two boards with nails; joined hands in a circle.
2. v. To put or bring into close association or relationship: two families that were joined by marriage; join forces.
3. v. To connect (points), as with a straight line.
4. v. To meet and merge with: where the creek joins the river.
5. v. To become a part or member of: joined the photography club.
6. v. To come into the company of: joined the group in the waiting room.
7. v. To participate with in an act or activity: The committee joins me in welcoming you.
8. v. To adjoin.
9. v. To engage in; enter into: Opposing armies joined battle on the plain.
10. v. To come together so as to form a connection: where the two bones join.
11. v. To act together; form an alliance: The two factions joined to oppose the measure.
12. v. To become a member of a group.
13. v. To take part; participate: joined in the search.
14. n. A joint; a junction.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To put or bring together; bring into conjunction, or into association or harmony; unite; combine; associate: as, to join two planks by tenons; to join forces in an undertaking.
2. To unite, as one thing to or with another; bring into conjunction or association; cause to be united or connected in any way: followed by to or with.
3. To unite or form a junction with; become connected with or a part of; come into association or union with: as, to join a church, party, or society; the Missouri river joins the Mississippi; to join one in an enterprise.
4. To unite or take part in, in a friendly or hostile manner; engage in with another or others: as, he joined issue with his opponent; the forces joined battle.
5. To adjoin; be adjacent or contiguous to: as, his land joins mine.
6. To enjoin; command.
7. To be contiguous or close; lie or come together; form a junction.
8. To unite or become associated; confederate; league.
9. To meet in hostile encounter; join battle.
10. n. The place where two things are joined; the line or surface of juncture; a joint; also, the mode of joining.
11. To draw, as the sect of which A and B are the end points.
12. n. In geometry, the straight determined by two points.
13. n. An abbreviation of joinery.

Wiktionary

1. v. To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
2. v. To come together; to meet.
3. v. To come into the company of.
4. v. To become a member of.
5. v. computing, databases, transitive To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
6. n. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
7. n. computing, databases An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
8. n. algebra The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
2. v. To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with
3. v. To unite in marriage.
4. v. Obs. & R. To enjoin upon; to command.
5. v. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
6. v. To meet with and accompany.
7. v. To combine with (another person) in performing some activity.
8. v. To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union
9. n. (Geom.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.
10. n. The place or part where objects have been joined; a joint; a seam.
11. n. (Computers) The combining of multiple tables to answer a query in a relational database system.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. be or become joined or united or linked
2. v. make contact or come together
3. n. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
4. n. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
5. v. become part of; become a member of a group or organization
6. v. cause to become joined or linked
7. v. come into the company of