Connect

connect
    v 1: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can
         you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes
         together"; "Link arms" [syn: {connect}, {link}, {tie},
         {link up}] [ant: {disconnect}]
    2: make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these
       two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts";
       "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: {associate}, {tie
       in}, {relate}, {link}, {colligate}, {link up}, {connect}]
       [ant: {decouple}, {dissociate}]
    3: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets
       connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The
       travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: {connect},
       {link}, {link up}, {join}, {unite}]
    4: join by means of communication equipment; "The telephone
       company finally put in lines to connect the towns in this
       area"
    5: land on or hit solidly; "The brick connected on her head,
       knocking her out"
    6: join for the purpose of communication; "Operator, could you
       connect me to the Raffles in Singapore?"
    7: be scheduled so as to provide continuing service, as in
       transportation; "The local train does not connect with the
       Amtrak train"; "The planes don't connect and you will have to
       wait for four hours"
    8: establish a rapport or relationship; "The President of this
       university really connects with the faculty"
    9: establish communication with someone; "did you finally
       connect with your long-lost cousin?" [syn: {get in touch},
       {touch base}, {connect}]
    10: plug into an outlet; "Please plug in the toaster!"; "Connect
        the TV so we can watch the football game tonight" [syn:
        {plug in}, {plug into}, {connect}] [ant: {disconnect},
        {unplug}]
    11: hit or play a ball successfully; "The batter connected for a
        home run"
    

Connect \Con*nect"\, v. i.
   To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one
   line of railroad connects with another; one argument connects
   with another.
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Connect \Con*nect"\ (k[o^]n*n[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Connected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Connecting}.] [L. connectere,
   -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See {Annex}.]
   1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening;
      to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to
      establish a bond or relation between.
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            He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
                                                  --Pope.
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            A man must see the connection of each intermediate
            idea with those that it connects before he can use
            it in a syllogism.                    --Locke.
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   2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with
      another person, thing, business, or affair.
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   3. To establish a communication link; -- used with with; as,
      his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by
      email.
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   4. To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to
      another device, or to link a device to a common
      communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer
      connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to
      the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off
      valve to my gas line.
      [PJC]

   {Connecting rod} (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and
      connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod
      connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston
      rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
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connect

   <library, networking> {Unix} socket library routine to connect
   a socket that has been created on the local hosts to one at a
   specified socket address on the remote host.

   {Unix manual pages}: connect(2), accept(2).

   (1995-03-21)
    

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      saddle on, saddle with, screw, seal, secure, set down to,
      settle upon, sew, shade into, solder, solidify, span, splice,
      stand by, staple, stick, stick together, stitch, strap, string,
      string together, succeed, syncretize, syndicate, synthesize, tack,
      take, take in, tape, thread, tie, tie in, tie in with, touch,
      touch upon, treat of, unify, unite, verge upon, wed, weld,
      work well, work wonders, yoke