disjoint Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb part; cease or break association with
    dissociate; divorce; disassociate; disunite.
    • She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
  2. verb separate at the joints
    disarticulate.
    • disjoint the chicken before cooking it
  3. verb make disjoint, separated, or disconnected; undo the joining of
    disjoin.
  4. verb become separated, disconnected or disjoint
    disjoin.
  5. adjective satellite having no elements in common

WordNet

Dis*joint" adjective
Etymology
OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoin.
Definitions
  1. Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
Dis*joint" noun
Etymology
From OF. desjoint, p. p. of desjoindre. See Disjoint, v. t.
Definitions
  1. Difficult situation; dilemma; strait. Obs. "I stand in such disjoint." Chaucer.
Dis*joint" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disjointed; present participle & verbal noun Disjointing
Definitions
  1. To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving.
    Yet what could swords or poisons, racks or flame, But mangle and disjoint the brittle frame? Prior.
  2. To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice.
    Some half-ruined wall Disjointed and about to fall. Longfellow.
  3. To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech.
Dis*joint" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To fall in pieces. Shak.

Webster 1913