joins

v. attach, connect; unite, combine; be connected; become a member; perform a marriage ceremony; volunteer to serve in the armed forces; accompany, meet up with

n. act of uniting, act of connecting; place where two things are connected; seam; juncture

Noun
1. the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
(synonym) articulation, joint, juncture, junction
(hypernym) connection, connexion, link
(hyponym) esophagogastric junction, oesophagogastric junction
2. a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"
(synonym) union, sum
(hypernym) set
(hyponym) direct sum
Verb
1. become part of; become a member of a group or organization; "He joined the Communist Party as a young man"
(synonym) fall in, get together
(hyponym) sign up
(derivation) joiner
2. cause to become joined or linked; "join these two parts so that they fit together"
(synonym) bring together
(antonym) disjoin, disjoint
(hypernym) connect, link, tie, link up
(hyponym) ankylose, ancylose
(cause) conjoin
(derivation) junction, adjunction
3. come into the company of; "She joined him for a drink"
4. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
(synonym) conjoin
(antonym) disjoin, disjoint
(hypernym) connect, link, tie, link up
(hyponym) grow together
(derivation) joining, connection, connexion
5. be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
(synonym) connect, link, link up, unite
(hyponym) syndicate
(derivation) union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure

v. attach, joint; combine, join, put together; associate, append; inclose

1. <database> inner join (common) or outer join (less common).
2.  least upper bound.
(1998-11-23)

qu3 gao1 he4 gua3
Highbrow songs find few singers.
The higher the level of a song is, the fewer people will join in the choir. Used to describe a book or speech that is too abstruse for ordinary people to understand.

bi1 shang4 liang2 shan1
Driven to join the Liangshan rebels.
To be forced to do something or to be driven to drastic alternatives against one's will. Going to the greenwood.