join

1. (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.Examples: "The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe."; "We joined our efforts to get an even better result."Synonyms: bewedtransitive

2. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.Examples: "Parallel lines never join."; "These two rivers join in about 80 miles."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To enter into association or alliance, to unite in a common purpose.Examples: "Forſake thy king and do but ioyne with me And we will triumph ouer al the world."; "[…]Nature and Fortune ioyn’d to make thee great."intransitive

4. (transitive) To come into the company of.Examples: "I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work."; "No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait."transitive

5. (transitive) To become a member of.Examples: "Many children join a sports club."; "Most politicians have joined a party."; "In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time."transitive

6. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.Examples: "By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered."transitive