joined : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: joined	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for joined
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joined adj of or relating to two people who are married to each other Synonym(s): joined, united connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks Synonym(s): coupled, joined, linked
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Join \Join\ (join), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Joined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Joining}.] [OE. joinen, joignen, F. joindre, fr. L. jungere to yoke, bind together, join; akin to jugum yoke. See {Yoke}, and cf. {Conjugal}, {Junction}, {Junta}.] 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. --Milton. {To join battle}, {To join issue}. See under {Battle}, {Issue}. Syn: To add; annex; unite; connect; combine; consociate; couple; link; append. See {Add}.