Entry Word: join

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to be adjacent to <our classroom joins the gym> — see adjoin 1
2 to become a member of <weʼre looking for new people to join the club> — see enter 2
3 to come together to form a single unit <one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms join to make one water molecule> — see unite 1
4 to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end <nations joining to bring aid to the earthquake-devastated region> — see cooperate 1
5 to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole <the plan is to join the various bike paths so that cyclists can travel from one end of the cape to the other> — see connect 1