[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

connect \connect"\ ko^nne^kt", v. t. imp.  p. p.
   connected; p. pr.  vb. n. connecting. l. connectere,
   -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. see annex.
   1. to join, or fasten together, as by something intervening;
      to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to
      establish a bond or relation between.
      1913 webster

            he fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

            a man must see the connection of each intermediate
            idea with those that it connects before he can use
            it in a syllogism.                    --locke.
      1913 webster

   2. to associate a person or thing, or one's self with
      another person, thing, business, or affair.
      1913 webster

   3. to establish a communication link; -- used with with; as,
      his telephone didn't answer, so i connected with him by
      email.
      pjc

   4. to electronically or mechanically link a device to
      another device, or to link a device to a common
      communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer
      connected our telephones on monday; i connected my vcr to
      the tv set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off
      valve to my gas line.
      pjc

   connecting rod mach., a rod or bar joined to, and
      connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod
      connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston
      rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
      1913 webster
see also:
connected connecting annex connecting rod 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

connected \connected\ adj.
   1. p. p. of connect. narrower terms: abutting, adjacent,
      adjoining, borderingprenominal, conterminous,
      coterminous, contiguous narrower terms: adjunctive
      narrower terms: affined narrower terms: attached
      narrower terms: contiguous, in contact narrower
      terms: coupled, joined, linked narrower terms:
      cursive, flowing narrower terms: siamese narrower
      terms: socially connected, well-connected unconnected
      wordnet 1.5

   2. being joined in close association.

   syn: affiliated, attached.
        wordnet 1.5

   3. connected by a conductor so as to allow the flow of
      electric signals. narrower terms: wired vs. wireless
      wordnet 1.5

   4. music legato. staccato

   syn: flowing, smooth.
        wordnet 1.5

   5. associated with or accompanying.

   syn: associated.
        wordnet 1.5

   6. computers stored in, controlled by, or in direct
      communication with a central computer. narrower terms:
      on-line vs. off-line, online, on linepredicate

   syn: machine-accessible.
        wordnet 1.5

   7. switched on. narrower terms: on-line vs. off-line,
      online, on linepredicate

   syn: ready, on.
        wordnet 1.5

   8. having some relation.

   syn: related.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
connect abutting, adjacent, adjoining, borderingprenominal, conterminous, coterminous, contiguous adjunctive affined attached contiguous, in contact 
coupled, joined, linked cursive, flowing siamese socially connected, well-connected unconnected 
wired vs. wireless staccato on-line vs. off-line, online, on linepredicate on-line vs. off-line, online, on linepredicate 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

connected
     adj 1: being joined in close association; "affiliated clubs"; "all
            art schools whether independent or attached to
            universities" syn: affiliated, attached
     2: joined or linked together ant: unconnected
     3: related to or accompanying; "christmas and associated
        festivities" syn: associated
     4: wired together to an alarm system; "all the window alarms
        are connected"
     5: plugged in; "first check to see whether the appliance is
        connected"
     6: stored in, controlled by, or in direct communication with a
        central computer syn: machine-accessible
see also:
affiliated attached unconnected associated machine-accessible 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

145 moby thesaurus words for "connected":
   affiliate, affiliated, affinitive, agnate, akin, allied,
   articulated, assembled, associate, associated, banded together,
   bound, bracketed, catenated, ceaseless, clean-cut, clear,
   clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, cognate, coherent,
   collateral, collected, concatenated, congeneric, congenerous,
   congenial, conjoined, conjugate, connate, connatural, consecutive,
   consistent, conspecific, constant, continual, continued,
   continuing, continuous, copulate, correlated, correlative, coupled,
   crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, cyclical, defined, definite,
   direct, distinct, enate, endless, explicit, express, featureless,
   gapless, gathered, hand-in-glove, hand-in-hand, immediate,
   implicated, incessant, incorporated, integrated, interlinked,
   interlocked, interminable, interrelated, intimate, involved,
   joined, jointless, knotted, leagued, limpid, linked,
   loud and clear, lucid, luminous, matched, mated, merged,
   monotonous, never-ending, nonstop, of that ilk, of that kind,
   orderly, paired, parallel, pellucid, perennial, periodic,
   perspicuous, plain, recurrent, related, repetitive,
   round-the-clock, running, seamless, sequent, sequential, serial,
   serried, simple, smooth, spliced, stable, steady, straight,
   straightforward, tied, tight, translucent, transparent,
   transpicuous, twenty-four-hour, twinned, unambiguous, unbroken,
   unceasing, unconfused, undifferentiated, undivided, unending,
   unequivocal, uniform, unintermitted, unintermittent,
   unintermitting, uninterrupted, united, univocal, unmistakable,
   unrelieved, unremitting, unseparated, unstopped, wed, wedded,
   well-defined, yoked

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