[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/joint/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [J](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/j/) / joint # joint noun (a joint, joints); adjective (joint) «joint» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A place in the body where two bones meet so it can bend or turn, such as the knee, elbow or shoulder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#m1) 2. A place where two pieces of something are joined together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#m2) 3. A large piece of meat for roasting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#m3) 4. (adjective) Shared or done together by two or more people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#m4) ### In the lessons In science, joints let the skeleton move: hinge joints (knee, elbow) bend one way like a door, ball-and-socket joints (shoulder, hip) turn around; muscles pull the bones. In safety, warm up before sport to protect joints. In maths and everyday life, a joint project or joint winners share the work or the prize. Phrases: «joint winners», «a joint effort», «Sunday joint», «out of joint». ### Examples - Your knee is a hinge joint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x1) - The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x2) - Grandpa's joints ache when it's cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x3) - The pipe leaked at the joint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x4) - They were joint winners of the art prize. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x5) - The poster was a joint effort by the whole class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x6) - We had a joint of beef for Sunday lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x7) - Stretching keeps your joints moving well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/#x8) ### Note Countable as a noun. The verb is «join». If two pupils are «joint first», they share first place, and the next is often third. Cracking your knuckles makes a noise from gas in the joint; it does not cause arthritis, as far as studies show. ## In Jewish tradition In science, joints let the skeleton move: hinge joints (knee, elbow) bend one way like a door, ball-and-socket joints (shoulder, hip) turn around; muscles pull the bones. In safety, warm up before sport to protect joints. In maths and everyday life, a joint project or joint winners share the work or the prize. Phrases: «joint winners», «a joint effort», «Sunday joint», «out of joint». ### Examples - Yet these may ye eat of all winged swarming things that go upon all fours, which have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth; (Torah LEV.11.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x1) - Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. (Writings PRO.25.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x2) - I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is become like wax; it is melted in mine inmost parts. (Writings PSA.22.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x3) - Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts affrighted him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. (Writings DAN.5.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x4) ### Note Countable as a noun. The verb is «join». If two pupils are «joint first», they share first place, and the next is often third. Cracking your knuckles makes a noise from gas in the joint; it does not cause arthritis, as far as studies show. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «joint» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/joint/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«joint» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/joint.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «joint» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«joint» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/joint.html) on Mova free.