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weld
1[ weld ]
verb (used with object)
- to unite or fuse (as pieces of metal) by hammering, compressing, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to be united.
- to bring into complete union, harmony, agreement, etc.
verb (used without object)
- to undergo welding; be capable of being welded:
a metal that welds easily.
noun
- a welded junction or joint.
- the act of welding or the state of being welded.
weld
2[ weld ]
noun
- a mignonette, Reseda luteola, of southern Europe, yielding a yellow dye.
- the dye.
Weld
3[ weld ]
noun
- Theodore Dwight, 1803–95, U.S. abolitionist leader.
weld
1/ wəʊld; wɛld /
noun
- a yellow dye obtained from the plant dyer's rocket
- See dyer's rocketanother name for dyer's rocket
Weld
2/ wɛld /
noun
- WeldSir Frederick Aloysius18231891MNew ZealandEnglishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Sir Frederick Aloysius. 1823–91, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1864–65)
weld
3/ wɛld /
verb
- tr to unite (pieces of metal or plastic) together, as by softening with heat and hammering or by fusion
- to bring or admit of being brought into close association or union
noun
- a joint formed by welding
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Derived Forms
- ˌweldaˈbility, noun
- ˈweldless, adjective
- ˈwelder, noun
- ˈweldable, adjective
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Other Words From
- weld·a·ble adjective
- weld·a·bil·i·ty [wel-d, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
- weld·er wel·dor noun
- weld·less adjective
- un·weld·a·ble adjective
- un·weld·ed adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
“I can build a custom motorcycle from scratch, can weld, and worked as a lube guy at a GM dealership,” Dustykatt says.
In 1997, President Clinton nominated former Massachusetts governor William Weld, a Republican, as ambassador to Mexico.
He happened to be studying groundwater in Weld County when the floods came and decided to change his research goals.
Weld County is one of six in Colorado that will vote on a secession initiative in November.
He contacted William Weld, then U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts and later governor of the state.
Weld is a totally distinct word from woad, but most dictionaries confound them.
I had a big Scotchman in the factory who couldn't learn how to weld.
I felt offended; for my instinct was to weld people together and hold them so welded.
And Weld ran up to me, and though I was a good piece of a lad, swung me lightly onto his shoulder.
"I am as stout a patriot as you, Weld," I shouted back, and flushed at the cheering that followed.
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