Dictionary entry details
• BRING TOGETHER (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to become joined or linked
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
bring together; join
Context example:
join these two parts so that they fit together
Hypernyms (to "bring together" is one way to...):
connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)
Cause:
conjoin; join (make contact or come together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bring together"):
ancylose; ankylose (produce ankylosis by surgery)
scarf (unite by a scarf joint)
rebate (join with a rebate)
rabbet (join with a rabbet joint)
seam (put together with a seam)
bridge (make a bridge across)
close (bring together all the elements or parts of)
ligate (join letters in a ligature when writing)
assemble; piece; put together; set up; tack; tack together (create by putting components or members together)
fair (join so that the external surfaces blend smoothly)
cog (join pieces of wood with cogs)
mortice; mortise (join by a tenon and mortise)
connect (join for the purpose of communication)
connect (join by means of communication equipment)
miter (fit together in a miter joint)
ply (join together as by twisting, weaving, or molding)
close; close up (unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of)
anastomose; inosculate (cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis)
couple; match; mate; pair; twin (bring two objects, ideas, or people together)
match (give or join in marriage)
sovietise; sovietize (bring under Soviet control, of a country)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bring together in a common cause or emotion
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
draw together; bring together; bond
Context example:
The death of their child had drawn them together
Hypernyms (to "bring together" is one way to...):
unify; unite (bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or in a shared situation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
