Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - joint
Joint
joint
n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a a place at which two things are joined together. b a point at which, or a contrivance by which, two parts of an artificial structure are joined. 2 a structure in an animal body by which two bones are fitted together. 3 a any of the parts into which an animal carcass is divided for food. b any of the parts of which a body is made up. 4 sl. a place of meeting for drinking etc. 5 sl. a marijuana cigarette. 6 the part of a stem from which a leaf or branch grows. 7 a piece of flexible material forming the hinge of a book-cover. 8 Geol. a fissure in a mass of rock. --adj. 1 held or done by, or belonging to, two or more persons etc. in conjunction (a joint mortgage; joint action). 2 sharing with another in some action, state, etc. (joint author; joint favourite). --v.tr. 1 connect by joints. 2 divide (a body or member) at a joint or into joints. 3 fill up the joints of (masonry etc.) with mortar etc.; trim the surface of (a mortar joint). 4 prepare (a board etc.) for being joined to another by planing its edge. Phrases and idioms joint account a bank account held by more than one person, each of whom has the right to deposit and withdraw funds. joint and several (of a bond etc.) signed by more than one person, of whom each is liable for the whole sum. joint stock capital held jointly; a common fund. joint-stock company one formed on the basis of a joint stock. out of joint 1 (of a bone) dislocated. 2 out of order. Derivatives jointless adj. jointly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF, past part. of joindre JOIN
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from joindre Date: 13th century 1. a. the point of contact between elements of an animal skeleton with the parts that surround and support it, node 5b, a part or space included between two articulations, knots, or nodes, a large piece of meat for roasting, 2. a place where two things or parts are joined, a space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together (as by cement or mortar), a fracture or crack in rock not accompanied by dislocation, the flexing part of a cover along either spine edge of a book, the junction of two or more members of a framed structure, a union formed by two abutting rails in a track including the elements (as bars and bolts) necessary to hold the abutting rails together, an area at which two ends, surfaces, or edges are attached, 3. a shabby or disreputable place of entertainment, place, establishment, prison 2, a marijuana cigarette, ~ed adjective ~edly adverb ~edness noun II. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from past participle of joindre Date: 14th century united, combined , common to two or more: as, a. involving the united activity of two or more , constituting an activity, operation, or organization in which elements of more than one armed service participate , constituting an action or expression of two or more governments , shared by or affecting two or more , united, joined, or sharing with another (as in a right or status) , being a function of or involving two or more variables and especially random variables, ~ly adverb III. verb Etymology: 1~ Date: 1530 transitive verb to separate the ~s of (as meat), 2. to unite by a ~ ; fit together, to provide with a ~ ; articulate, to prepare (as a board) for joining by planing the edge, intransitive verb to fit as if by ~s , to form ~s as a stage in growth ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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