weld
1- 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.
- to undergo welding; be capable of being welded: a metal that welds easily.
- a welded junction or joint.
- the act of welding or the state of being welded.
Origin of weld
1weld
2- a mignonette, Reseda luteola, of southern Europe, yielding a yellow dye.
- the dye.
Origin of weld
2Weld
- Theodore Dwight,1803–95, U.S. abolitionist leader.
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Contemporary Examples of weld
“I can build a custom motorcycle from scratch, can weld, and worked as a lube guy at a GM dealership,” Dustykatt says.
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.
Weld turned down Halloran as a candidate for the witness program.
Her friends think Weld is a much better fit for her than Bill Clinton is.
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May 13, 2013
Historical Examples of weld
The aim had been thus to weld into one the two branches of the House of Anjou.
The Historical Nights' EntertainmentRafael Sabatini
I had the copy of this poem from Mr. Weld himself when he was ninety years of age.
Whittier-landSamuel T. Pickard
"They will not dare—" began Mrs. Weld, with some excitement.
The Masked BridalMrs. Georgie Sheldon
"Oh, dear Mrs. Weld, you do not seem at all like yourself," she gasped.
The Masked BridalMrs. Georgie Sheldon
I had a big Scotchman in the factory who couldn't learn how to weld.
Riders of the SilencesJohn Frederick
weld
1- (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
- a joint formed by welding
Word Origin for weld
weld
2wold or woald (wəʊld)
- a yellow dye obtained from the plant dyer's rocket
- another name for dyer's rocket
Word Origin for weld
Weld
- Sir Frederick Aloysius. 1823–91, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1864–65)
Word Origin and History for weld
1590s, alteration of well (v.) "to boil, rise;" influenced by past participle form welled. Related: Welded; welding.
plant (Resedo luteola) producing yellow dye, late 14c., from Old English *wealde, perhaps a variant of Old English wald "forest" (cf. Middle Low German walde, Middle Dutch woude). Spanish gualda, French gaude are Germanic loan-words.
"joint formed by welding," 1831, from weld (v.).