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joint
     1. Substantiv:
     2. [1] meist selbst gedrehte Zigarette, die neben Tabak auch Haschisch oder Marihuana enthält
     3. [2] Technik: Anschlussstück, Muffe
     4. [3] Braten
     5. [4] Fuge
     6. [5] Anatomie: Gelenk
     7. Adjektiv:
     8. [1] in einer Gruppe, gemeinsam
           [1] These joint activities should be shared by both students and teachers.
             An diesen gemeinsamen Aktivitäten sollten sowohl Studenten als auch Lehrer teilnehmen.
     9. Verb:
     10. [1] verbinden, zusammenführen
Englisch > Englisch
joint
     1. adj. Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
           The play was a joint production between the two companies.
     2. subst. The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
           This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
     3. subst. The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
           The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
     4. subst. (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
     5. subst. The means of securing together the meeting surfaces of components of a structure.
           The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
     6. subst. A cut of meat.
           Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
     7. subst. The part or space included between two joints, knots, nodes, or articulations.
           a joint of cane or of a grass stem; a joint of the leg
     8. subst. (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
     9. subst. (chiefly US slang) A place of business, particularly in the food service or hospitality industries.
           It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
     10. subst. (slang) prison
           I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.
     11. subst. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
           After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.
     12. v. To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together
           to joint boards, a jointing plane
     13. v. To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
     14. v. To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
     15. v. To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
     16. v. (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do.
           the stones joint, neatly.

Beispielsätze

My husband and I have a joint bank account. 
    Mein Mann und ich haben ein gemeinsames Bankkonto.
They agreed on a joint statement. 
    Sie einigten sich auf eine gemeinsame Erklärung.



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