link1

noun

• 1a relationship between two things or situations, especially where one thing affects the other:investigating a link between pollution and forest decline
• a social or professional connection between people or organizations:he retained strong links with the media
• something that enables communication between people:sign language interpreters represent a vital link between the deaf and hearing communities
• a means of contact, travel, or transport between two points or places:they set up a satellite link with Tokyo a rail link from Newark to Baltimore
• Computing a code or instruction that connects one part of a program or an element in a list to another.
• short for hyperlink.

• 2a ring or loop in a chain.
• a unit of measurement of length equal to one hundredth of a surveying chain (7.92 inches).

verb

• make, form, or suggest a connection with or between: [with object]:rumors that linked his name with Judith foreign and domestic policy are linked [no object]:she was linked up with an artistic group
• connect or join physically: [with object]:a network of routes linking towns and villages the cows are linked up to milking machines [no object]:three different groups, each linking with the other
• Computing create a hyperlink between (web pages or hypertext documents):I’ve had problems linking my blog to other websites [no object]:it turns out he reads my blogs and was very pleased I’d linked to his article
• [with object] clasp; intertwine:once outside he linked arms with her