link
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
link
n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series
[syn: {link}, {nexus}]
2: a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are
held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar
during construction" [syn: {link}, {linkup}, {tie}, {tie-in}]
3: the state of being connected; "the connection between church
and state is inescapable" [syn: {connection}, {link},
{connectedness}] [ant: {disconnectedness}, {disconnection},
{disjunction}, {disjuncture}]
4: a connecting shape [syn: {connection}, {connexion}, {link}]
5: a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
6: (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a
program or an element on a list to another program or list
7: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a
liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: {liaison}, {link},
{contact}, {inter-group communication}]
8: a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave);
part of a more extensive telecommunication network [syn:
{radio link}, {link}]
9: an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for
the purpose of transmitting and receiving data [syn: {link},
{data link}]
v 1: 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}]
2: 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}]
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: link with or as with a yoke; "yoke the oxen together" [syn:
{yoke}, {link}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Link \Link\, n. [OE. linke, AS. hlence; akin to Sw. l[aum]nk
ring of a chain, Dan. l[ae]nke chain, Icel. hlekkr; cf. G.
gelenk joint, link, ring of a chain, lenken to bend.]
1. A single ring or division of a chain.
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2. Hence: Anything, whether material or not, which binds
together, or connects, separate things; a part of a
connected series; a tie; a bond. "Links of iron." --Shak.
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The link of brotherhood, by which
One common Maker bound me to the kind. --Cowper.
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And so by double links enchained themselves in
lover's life. --Gascoigne.
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3. Anything doubled and closed like a link; as, a link of
horsehair. --Mortimer.
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4. (Kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a
mechanism, as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of
confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other
parts is produced and constrained.
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5. (Mach.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting
force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a
bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the
slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of
which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of
which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link
motion.
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6. (Surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain,
being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain
being 66 feet in length. Cf. {Chain}, n., 4.
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7. (Chem.) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between
atoms; -- applied to a unit of chemical force or
attraction.
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8. pl. Sausages; -- because linked together. [Colloq.]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), n. [See {Linch}.]
1. A hill or ridge, as a sand hill, or a wooded or turfy bank
between cultivated fields, etc. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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2. A winding of a river; also, the ground along such a
winding; a meander; -- usually in pl. [Scot.]
The windings or "links" of the Forth above and below
Stirling are extremely tortuous. --Encyc. Brit.
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3. pl. Sand hills with the surrounding level or undulating
land, such as occur along the seashore, a river bank, etc.
[Scot.]
Golf may be played on any park or common, but its
original home is the "links" or common land which is
found by the seashore, where the short close tuft,
the sandy subsoil, and the many natural obstacles in
the shape of bents, whins, sand holes, and banks,
supply the conditions which are essential to the
proper pursuit of the game. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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4. pl. Hence, any such piece of ground where golf is played;
a golf course.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Link \Link\ (l[i^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Linked}
(l[i^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Linking}.]
To connect or unite with a link or as with a link; to join;
to attach; to unite; to couple.
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All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman
Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws
and the same government, but by all the facilities of
commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
--Eustace.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
245 Moby Thesaurus words for "link":
accord, accouple, accumulate, addition, adjunct, affairs,
affiliation, affinity, agent, agglutinate, alliance, ally, amass,
ankle, appendage, apply, approximation, arm, articulate,
articulation, assemblage, assemble, associate, association, band,
be continuous, bind, bond, bough, boundary, bracket, branch,
bridge, bridge over, broker, bunch, bunch up, butt, catenate,
cement, cervix, chain, clap together, clinch, closeness, closure,
clot, cluster, collect, combination, combine, come together,
component, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, congregate,
conjoin, conjugate, connect, connect up, connectedness,
connecting link, connecting rod, connection, connector,
constituent, contiguity, continuate, continue, contrariety,
converge, copulate, correlate, couple, coupling, cover, cresset,
crowd, date, dealings, deduction, disjunction, distributor,
dovetail, draw a parallel, elbow, element, embrace, encompass,
equate, filiation, flambeau, flaming torch, flare, flock together,
flow together, forgather, form a series, fuse, fusee, gang around,
gang up, gather, gather around, gliding joint, glue, go-between,
hand, herd together, hinge, hinged joint, hip, hive, homology,
horde, huddle, identify, identify with, imp, include, intercourse,
interdependence, interface, intermediary, intermedium, interrelate,
intimacy, jobber, join, joining, joint, junction, juncture, knee,
knot, knuckle, lay together, league, leg, liaison, ligament,
ligature, limb, link up, linkage, linking, lobe, lobule,
lump together, maintain continuity, marry, marshal, mass, mediary,
mediator, medium, meet, member, merge, middleman, mill, miter,
mobilize, mortise, muster, mutual attraction, nearness, neck,
nexus, offshoot, organ, pair, parallel, parallelize,
piece together, pinion, pivot, pivot joint, propinquity, proximity,
put together, rabbet, rally, rally around, ramification, rapport,
relate, relatedness, relation, relations, relationship, relativize,
rendezvous, roll into one, run on, runner, scarf, scion, seam,
seethe, shoulder, signal flare, similarity, solder, span, splice,
spray, sprig, spur, stick together, stitch, stream, string,
string together, surge, suture, swarm, switch, sympathy, symphysis,
tail, take in, tape, tendril, thread, throng, tie, tie rod, tie-in,
tie-up, toggle, toggle joint, torch, twig, unify, union, unite,
vinculum, wed, weld, wholesaler, wing, wrist, yoke
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