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1. A golf course that is built on sandy ground near a shore
   - golf links

1. The means of connection between things linked in series
   - nexus
    
2. A fastener that serves to join or connect
   "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction";
   - linkup, tie, tie-in
    
3. The state of being connected
   "the link between church and state is inescapable";
   - connection, connectedness
    
4. A connecting shape
   - connection, connexion [Brit]
    
5. A channel for communication between groups
   "he provided a link with the guerrillas";
   - liaison, contact, inter-group communication
    
6. A two-way radio communication system (usually microwave); part of a more extensive telecommunication network
   - radio link
    
7. An interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data
   - data link
    
8. A link from a hypertext file to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or icon at a particular location on the screen
   - hyperlink, weblink, hotlink
    
9. (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element on a list to another program or list
    
10. A unit of length equal to 1/100 of a chain

1. Make a logical or causal connection
   "I cannot link these events at all";
   - associate, tie in, relate, colligate, link up, connect
    
2. Join together or make a link between two or more pieces
   "Link arms"; "Can you link up the two loudspeakers?";
   - connect, tie, link up
    
3. Be or become joined or united or linked
   "The travellers linked up again at the airport";
   - connect, link up, join, unite
    
4. (animal husbandry) Join with or as if with a yoke
   "link the oxen together";
   - yoke
    
5. Add a web link to piece of text or other item in an electronic document
   - hyperlink, hotlink

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Type of: attach, cerebrate, channel, circuit, cogitate, command, communication channel, communication system, electric circuit, electrical circuit, fastener, fastening, fixing, form, golf course, holdfast, instruction, line, linear measure, linear unit, linkage, links course, program line, shape, statement, think, unification, union

Antonym: disconnect

Part of: chain

Encyclopedia: Links, Aaron