link

Plural: links

Noun

• the means of connection between things linked in series
• a fastener that serves to join or connect
  • "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction"
• the state of being connected
• a connecting shape
• a unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain
• (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
• a channel for communication between groups
• a two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
• an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
• A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
• One element of a chain or other connected series.
• Abbreviation of hyperlink.
• The connection between buses or systems.
• A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
• a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
• an individual person or element in a system
• Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
• A sausage that is not a patty.
• Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
• Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) 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.
• 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.
• A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
• The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
• An introductory cue.
• A torch, used to light dark streets.

Verb

Verb Forms: linked, linking, links

• To connect or join together.
• make a logical or causal connection
• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
  • "Link arms"
• be or become joined or united or linked
  • "The travelers linked up again at the airport"
• link with or as with a yoke
• To connect (two or more things).
• To contain a hyperlink to another page.
• To supply (someone) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
• To post a hyperlink to.
• To demonstrate a correlation between (two things).
• To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
• To meet with (someone).
• To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly.

Examples

• A by-N-link is composed of N lanes.
• Haven't you seen his website? I'll link you to it.
• My homepage links to my wife's.
• She managed to LINK several short words to create a long, high-scoring chain on the board.
• Stop linking those unfunny comics all the time!
• The link on the page points to the sports scores.
• The mayor’s assistant serves as the link to the media.
• The third link of the silver chain needs to be resoldered.
• The weakest link.

Synonyms

associate, colligate, connect, connectedness, connection, connexion, contact, data link, inter-group communication, join, liaison, link up, linkup, nexus, radio link, relate, tie, tie in, tie-in, unite, yoke, affix, attach, band, bond, link, put together, vinculum

Antonyms

disconnect, disconnectedness, dissociate, break, gap

Related Words

Malvern Link, junction, LINKABLE