joint
/d͡ʒɔɪnt/ verbe C1En français : joindre, assembler, découper
- 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 · Prétérit jointed · Participe passé jointed · Forme en -ing jointing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- joint
- He/she/it
- joints
- Prétérit
- jointed
- Participe passé
- jointed
- Forme en -ing
- jointing
Dans la bibliothèque
I call those first-rate which are composed of treasures one possesses under one’s hand, such as mines, lands, and funded property, in such states as France, Austria, and England, provided these treasures and property form a total of about a hundred millions; I call those second-rate fortunes, that are gained by manufacturing enterprises, joint-stock companies, viceroyalties, and principalities, not drawing more than 1,500,000 francs, the whole forming a capital of about fifty millions; finally, I call those third-rate fortunes, which are composed of a fluctuating capital, dependent upon the will of others, or upon chances which a bankruptcy involves or a false telegram shakes, such as banks, speculations of the day—in fact, all operations under the influence of greater or less mischances, the whole bringing in a real or fictitious capital of about fifteen millions.
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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