adjoining (verb)

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• adjoin — verb (T) if a room, building, or piece of land adjoins another one, it is next to it and joined to it: The kitchen adjoins the sitting room. adjoining adjective: adjoining rooms …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• overflow — verb (overflowed, overflowed or overflown, overflowing) –verb (i) /oʊvəˈfloʊ / (say ohvuh floh) 1. to flow or run over, as rivers, water, etc. 2. to have the contents flowing over, as an overfull vessel. 3. (sometimes followed by into) to pass… …  

• adjoin — verb /əˈdʒɔɪn/ a) To be in contact or connection with. The living room and dining room adjoin each other. b) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of …   Wiktionary

• adjoin — verb [often as adjective adjoining] be next to and joined with. Origin ME: from OFr. ajoindre, from L. adjungere, from ad to + jungere to join …   English new terms dictionary

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