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JOINED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Connected by a link, as railway cars or trailer trucks
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
connected (joined or linked together)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to two people who are married to each other
Synonyms:
joined; united
Classified under:
Similar:
married (joined in matrimony)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb join
Context examples:
The shape of two circles joined together, and usually overlapping.
(Double Circle, NCI Thesaurus)
Epithelial Cell Proliferation involves multiplication or reproduction through cell division of joined cells covering of internal and external surfaces of the body, including the lining of vessels and other small cavities.
(Epithelial Cell Proliferation, NCI Thesaurus)
Something that joins or connects; the state of being joined together.
(Conjunction, NCI Thesaurus)
In science, a substance made from two or more different elements that have been chemically joined.
(Compound, NCI Dictionary)
A protein made from pieces of two genes that get joined together.
(BCR-ABL fusion protein, NCI Dictionary)
To Martin's surprise, the girl, Mary, joined in the conversation, displaying an intelligence he had never encountered in the few women he had met.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This polypeptide is comprised of the carboxy-terminal portions of fibrillar collagen, which are joined through trivalent crosslinks and released during the degradation of mature type I collagen by matrix metalloproteinases.
(C-Terminal Telopeptide Type I Collagen, NCI Thesaurus)
Made or joined or united into one or involving the joint activity of two or more.
(Combined, NCI Thesaurus)
The cat was pleased with the thought, and joined the party.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The word was no sooner out of my mouth than the whole crowd of spectators, well dressed and ill—gentlemen, ostlers, and servant maids—joined in a general shriek of “Fire!”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
