verbinden — meaning in English
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English meaning
- affiliate noun A person, company, or organisation formally connected to a larger group or network.
- bind verb To tie, fasten, or hold something together tightly, using rope, cord, a band, or similar.
- conflate verb To combine or mix together.
- connect verb To join one thing to another, physically or electronically.
- link verb To join two or more things together, or to show a connection between them.
- Weld verb To join two pieces of metal by heating them until they fuse, often with added filler material.
Senses
verbinden is used for these senses in English:
- affiliate (intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.
- bind (transitive) To couple.
- connect (intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
- elide (linguistics) To cut off, as a vowel or a syllable.
- elide To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.
- weld (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
affiliate — full definition
- noun A person, company, or organisation formally connected to a larger group or network.
- verb To officially join or connect with a larger organisation.
bind — full definition
- verb To tie, fasten, or hold something together tightly, using rope, cord, a band, or similar.
- verb To hold someone under a legal, moral, or promised obligation.
- verb In computing, to link or associate a name, variable, or module with a value or piece of code.
- noun A difficult or awkward situation with no easy way out.