[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/joint.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / joint [← J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/J/) # joint «joint» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A place in the body where two bones meet so it can bend…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a joint, joints); adjective (joint) ### meaning for a pupil 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#m1) 2) A place where two pieces of something are joined together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#m2) 3) A large piece of meat for roasting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#m3) 4) (adjective) Shared or done together by two or more people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#m4) ### sense 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 - 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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x4) - Your knee is a hinge joint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x5) - The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x6) - Grandpa's joints ache when it's cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x7) - The pipe leaked at the joint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x8) - They were joint winners of the art prize. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x9) - The poster was a joint effort by the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x10) - We had a joint of beef for Sunday lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x11) - Stretching keeps your joints moving well. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/#x12) ### 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 the corpora - [Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.740/) - [Smooth cartilage and a slippery fluid let the ends of bones glide in a joint.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/64-cells-bones-and-muscles/14/) - [Modern elephant houses have deep sand and heated floors, because years on hard concrete hurt elephants' feet and joints.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/83-elephant-house-herds-feet-food-mouse-myth/7/) - [Its hollow stems with solid joints are strong and light, so Hong Kong builders still tie bamboo poles into scaffolding round skyscrapers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/1/) - [Bamboo stems are hollow with solid joints, which makes them strong and light, and bamboo bends without breaking and grows back quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/9/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «joint» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/J/joint/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.