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adjoining
Overview of verb adjoin
The verb adjoin has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on -- (lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland")
2. touch, adjoin, meet, contact -- (be in direct physical contact with; make contact; "The two buildings touch"; "Their hands touched"; "The wire must not contact the metal cover"; "The surfaces contact at this point")
3. adjoin -- (attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter")
Overview of adj adjoining
The adj adjoining has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) abutting, adjacent, adjoining, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring -- (having a common boundary or edge; touching; "abutting lots"; "adjoining rooms"; "Rhode Island has two bordering states; Massachusetts and Conncecticut"; "the side of Germany conterminous with France"; "Utah and the contiguous state of Idaho"; "neighboring cities")
Grep of noun adjoining
adjoining room
Antonyms of verb adjoin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb adjoin
3 senses of adjoin
Sense 1
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 3
adjoin
=> add
=> increase
=> change magnitude
=> change
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb adjoin
2 of 3 senses of adjoin
Sense 1
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> neighbor, neighbour
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
=> cover, spread over
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
=> attach
=> hug
=> border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> surround, skirt, border
=> lean on, rest on, lean against
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb adjoin
3 senses of adjoin
Sense 1
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
Sense 3
adjoin
=> add
'Cause To' of verb adjoin
Derived Forms of verb adjoin
1 of 3 senses of adjoin
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
RELATED TO>(adj) adjunctive#1
=> adjunctive
RELATED TO>(noun) adjunction#1
=> junction, adjunction
Domain of verb adjoin
Domain Terms of verb adjoin
Familiarity of verb adjoin
adjoin used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb adjoin
3 senses of adjoin
Sense 1
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
EX: Our properties adjoin at this point
EX: His fields adjoin mine at this point
Sense 3
adjoin
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb adjoin
2 of 3 senses of adjoin
Sense 1
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
=> cover, spread over
=> cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere
=> rub, fray, fret, chafe, scratch
=> attach
=> hug
=> border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> surround, skirt, border
=> lean on, rest on, lean against
Sense 3
adjoin
> add
=> modify, qualify
=> gild the lily, paint the lily
=> adjoin
=> work in
=> add on
=> include
=> mix, mix in
=> put on
=> butylate
=> put on
=> inject
=> welt
=> intercalate
=> punctuate, mark
=> concatenate
=> string, string up
=> compound, combine
=> milk
=> fortify
=> stud
=> button
=> enrich
=> supplement
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb adjoin
Sense 1
border, adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on
=> touch, adjoin, meet, contact
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Sense 2
touch, adjoin, meet, contact
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Sense 3
adjoin
=> add
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Grep of verb adjoin
adjoin
Antonyms of adj adjoining
1 sense of adjoining
Sense 1
abutting, adjacent, adjoining, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA connected) -> unconnected
Similarity of adj adjoining
1 sense of adjoining
Sense 1
abutting, adjacent, adjoining, conterminous, contiguous, neighboring(prenominal)
=> connected (vs. unconnected)
Pertainyms of adj adjoining
Attributes of adj adjoining
Domain of adj adjoining
Domain Terms of adj adjoining
Familiarity of adj adjoining
adjoining used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj adjoining
adjoining
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