1. joint - Noun
2. joint - Adjective
3. joint - Verb
4. joint - Adjective Satellite
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.
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.
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.
Any one of the large pieces of meat, as cut into portions by the butcher for roasting.
A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification.
The space between the adjacent surfaces of two bodies joined and held together, as by means of cement, mortar, etc.; as, a thin joint.
The means whereby the meeting surfaces of pieces in a structure are secured together.
Joined; united; combined; concerted; as joint action.
Involving the united activity of two or more; done or produced by two or more working together.
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.
Shared by, or affecting two or more; held in common; as, joint property; a joint bond.
To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe time is out of joint. O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right. William Shakespeare
Of course, we also are soberly aware that historical problems remain in cross-strait relations, and that there will be issues in the future that will require time, patience and joint efforts to resolve. Xi Jinping
All of our separate fictions add up to joint reality. Stanisław Jerzy Lec
I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility. Arlen Specter
That a joint stock company should be able to carry on successfully any branch of foreign trade, when private adventurers can come into any sort of open and fair competition with them, seems contrary to all experience. Adam Smith
The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin