Sentence:  Mercer 's Whiteman <WSD>association</WSD> brought him into contact with Hoagy Carmichael , whose `` Snowball '' Mercer relyriced as `` Lazybones '' , in which form it became a hit and marked the real beginning of Mercer 's song writing career . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the act of consorting with or joining with others