dovetail

1. (transitive)To unite (components) with a dovetail (noun sense 2.1) or similar joint.

   durch einen Schwalbenschwanz verbinden

2. (figuratively, transitive)To combine or fit (things) together well.

   The executive board dovetailed its decision neatly with the prior projects the company had taken up.

   Through my new project, I dovetail my interests in botany and programming.

   aufeinander abgestimmt sein, aufeinander verzahnt sein, einpassen

   согласо́выватьсяsoglasóvyvatʹsja, соотве́тствоватьsootvétstvovatʹ, пригоня́тьprigonjátʹ

   fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail

3. (figuratively, transitive)To interweave (a number of algorithms or subprograms) so that they can be run more or less simultaneously.

4. (figuratively, transitive)To seamlessly move a melody from one instrument to another.

5. (figuratively, intransitive)Of several things: to combine or fit together well.

   The parts of your essay should dovetail so that it is cohesive and coherent.

6. (intransitive)To adapt to something; to fit in.

1. Tom's vacation plans dovetail nicely with Mary's.

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2. India's goals dovetail with the US' desire to better compete with China.

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3. It's not always that our postures dovetail exactly. And yet, the overlapping and mutual interests abound.

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