connect

v

1.(all often followed by together) join, unite, splice, tie, bind, fasten, lash; chain, couple, link, concatenate; lace, string; knit, sew; gird, truss; hyphenate; bolt, lock, pinion, clamp; secure, anchor, moor; conjoin, subjoin, affix, fix, annex, attach, tack, staple, hook, nail, pin, rivet, screw; graft, ingraft; bridge, bridge over; (of trains or buses) connect up, continue, run; fuse, solder, weld; tape, glue, agglutinate, conglutinate, cement, paste; seal, concrete; clasp, button, buckle.

2. adjoin, abut, abut on or upon, verge upon, impinge upon; touch, reach, meet, kiss, butt, impinge; neighbor, border, flank, lie next to, lie or be adjacent to.

3. mix, combine, mingle, coalesce, blend; converge, come together, knit, grow together, cohere, adhere, stick together, hang or hold together; articulate, correlate, unify; amalgamate, consolidate, incorporate, merge.

4. associate, affiliate, join up with, join forces with, side with, go along with; league, ally, confederate, unionize, band together, join forces or hands, team up, Inf. hitch horses; associate with, deal with, treat with, have to do with, have connection with, Inf. tie in with.

5. relate, identify, ally, bracket, equate, parallel, draw a parallel; attribute, assign, ascribe, impugn; attribute to, assign to, ascribe to, impute to, charge to, credit or accredit with; fix on or upon, pin on, Inf. pinpoint, saddle on or upon, father upon, blame for, Sl. hang on.

6.(all of ideas, fashions, art forms) come off, go, Inf. make a go of it, succeed, prevail; Inf. catch on, Inf. take, Inf. make a hit, Sl. click.