joint
/d͡ʒɔɪnt/ verb C1- To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together · to joint boards· a jointing plane
- 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. · the stones joint, neatly.
He/she/it joints · Past jointed · Past participle jointed · -ing form jointing
Verb forms
- Base form
- joint
- He/she/it
- joints
- Past
- jointed
- Past participle
- jointed
- -ing form
- jointing
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The Tin Woodman lay down on his bed from force of habit, for he remembered when he was made of flesh; but not being able to sleep, he passed the night moving his joints up and down to make sure they kept in good working order.
His head and arms and legs were jointed upon his body, but he stood perfectly motionless, as if he could not stir at all.
“Get an oil-can and oil my joints,” he answered.
Dorothy at once ran back to the cottage and found the oil-can, and then she returned and asked anxiously, “Where are your joints?”
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