Definition of adjoin Adjoin
/ʌʤɔjˈn/ - [ujoyn] - ad•join
We found 9 definitions of adjoin from 5 different sources.
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What does adjoin mean?
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| adjoin - attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter" | ||
| add make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" | ||
| adjoin - 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" | ||
| touch, meet, contact | ||
| spread over, cover clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!" | ||
| cleave, cling, cohere, adhere, stick separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone" | ||
| fray, rub, chafe, scratch, fret wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" | ||
| attach be attached; be in contact with | ||
| hug fit closely or tightly; "The dress hugged her hips" | ||
| abut, butt on, butt against, adjoin, butt, edge, border, march attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter" | ||
| environ, skirt, surround, border, ring pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast" | ||
| lean against, lean on, rest on rest on for support; "you can lean on me if you get tired" | ||
| converge, meet come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power" | ||
| adjoin - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" | ||
| border, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against, butt on | ||
| contact, adjoin, meet, touch attach or add; "I adjoin a copy of your my lawyer's letter" | ||
| neighbor, neighbour be located near or adjacent to; "Pakistan neighbors India" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- adjoin (Verb)
To be in contact or connection with.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- adjoin (v. t.)
To join or unite to; to lie contiguous to; to be in contact with; to attach; to append. - adjoin (v. i.)
To lie or be next, or in contact; to be contiguous; as, the houses adjoin. - adjoin (v. i.)
To join one's self.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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adjoin
ad-join′, v.i. to lie next to.—adj. Adjoin′ing, joining to: near: adjacent.—n. Ad′joint, a civil officer who assists a French maire: an assistant professor in a French college. [Through Fr. from L. adjungĕre. See Join.]
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🔤- adjoin, verb, present, 1st person singular of adjoin (infinitive).
- adjoin, verb (infinitive).
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