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wed⋅ding
[wed-ing] 
–noun
| 1. | the act or ceremony of marrying; marriage; nuptials. |
| 2. | the anniversary of a marriage, or its celebration: They invited guests to their silver wedding. |
| 3. | the act or an instance of blending or joining, esp. opposite or contrasting elements: a perfect wedding of conservatism and liberalism. |
| 4. | Business Slang. a merger. |
–adjective
| 5. | of or pertaining to a wedding: the wedding ceremony; a wedding dress. |
wed
[wed] verb, wed⋅ded or wed, wed⋅ding.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony; take as one's husband or wife. |
| 2. | to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry. |
| 3. | to bind by close or lasting ties; attach firmly: She wedded herself to the cause of the poor. |
| 4. | to blend together or unite inseparably: a novel that weds style and content perfectly. |
–verb (used without object)
| 5. | to contract marriage; marry. |
| 6. | to become united or to blend: a building that will wed with the landscape. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME wedde, OE weddian to pledge; c. G wetten to bet, ON vethja to pledge
bef. 900; ME wedde, OE weddian to pledge; c. G wetten to bet, ON vethja to pledge
Synonyms:
4. combine, fuse, merge.
4. combine, fuse, merge.
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| wed (wěd) v. wed·ded, wed or wed·ded, wed·ding, weds v. tr.
To take a spouse; marry. [Middle English wedden, from Old English weddian.] |
| wed·ding (wěd'ĭng) n.
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Wedding
Wed"ding\, n. [AS. wedding.] Nuptial ceremony; nuptial festivities; marriage; nuptials. Simple and brief was the wedding, as that of Ruth and of Boaz. --Longfellow. Note: Certain anniversaries of an unbroken marriage have received fanciful, and more or less appropriate, names. Thus, the fifth anniversary is called the wooden wedding; the tenth, the tin wedding; the fifteenth, the crystal wedding; the twentieth, the china wedding; the twenty-fifth, the silver wedding; the fiftieth, the golden wedding; the sixtieth, the diamond wedding. These anniversaries are often celebrated by appropriate presents of wood, tin, china, silver, gold, etc., given by friends. Note: Wedding is often used adjectively; as, wedding cake, wedding cards, wedding clothes, wedding day, wedding feast, wedding guest, wedding ring, etc. Let her beauty be her wedding dower. --Shak. Wedding favor, a marriage favor. See under Marriage.
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Language Translation for : wedding
Spanish:
boda,
German:
die Hochzeit, Hochzeits-…,
Japanese:
結婚式
wedding
O.E. weddung "state of being wed" (see wed). Meaning "ceremony of marriage" is recorded from c.1300; the usual O.E. word for the ceremony was bridelope, lit. "bridal run," in reference to conducting the bride to her new home. Wedding cake is recorded from 1648; as a style of architecture, attested from 1879.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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wedding
see shotgun wedding.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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