joint

1. n. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or junction; junction as, a joint between two pieces of timber; a joint in a pipe. Source: opted

2. n. A joining of two things or parts so as to admit of motion; an articulation, whether movable or not; a hinge; as, the knee joint; a node or joint of a stem; a ball and socket joint. See Articulation. Source: opted

3. n. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations; as, a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg. Source: opted

4. n. Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting. Source: opted

5. n. A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. Source: opted

6. n. The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint. Source: opted

7. n. The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together. Source: opted

8. a. Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action. Source: opted

9. a. Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together. Source: opted

10. a. United, joined, or sharing with another or with others; not solitary in interest or action; holding in common with an associate, or with associates; acting together; as, joint heir; joint creditor; joint debtor, etc. Source: opted

11. a. Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond. Source: opted

12. v. t. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards. Source: opted

13. v. t. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine. Source: opted

14. v. t. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate. Source: opted

15. v. t. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat. Source: opted

16. v. i. To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly. Source: opted

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