English > conjoin: 2 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | make contact or come together. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonym | join |
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| Caused by | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
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| Entailed by | sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing |
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| Narrower | anastomose, inosculate | Come together or open into each other |
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| attach | Become attached |
| copulate, mate, pair, couple | Engage in sexual intercourse |
| cross-link | join by creating covalent bonds (of adjacent chains of a polymer or protein) |
| feather | join tongue and groove, in carpentry |
| graft, engraft, ingraft | Cause to grow together parts from different plants |
| knit, entwine | Tie or link together |
| patch, piece | To join or unite the pieces of |
| quilt | stitch or sew together |
| solder | join or fuse with solder |
| splice | join the ends of |
| splice | join together so as to form new genetic combinations |
| weld | join together by heating |
| yoke | Become joined or linked together |
| Broader | connect, link, tie, link up | Connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces |
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| Opposite | disjoin, disjoint | Become separated, disconnected or disjoint |
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| Spanish | acoplar, empalmar, ensamblar, juntar, reunir, unir |
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| Catalan | acoblar, ajuntar, empalmar, empiular, reunir, unir |
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| Adjectives | conjunctive | serving or tending to connect |
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