weld

¹ American  

[weld] / wɛld /

verb (used with object)

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.

2. to bring into complete union, harmony, agreement, etc.

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verb (used without object)

1. to undergo welding; be capable of being welded.

   a metal that welds easily.

noun

1. a welded junction or joint.

2. the act of welding or the state of being welded.

weld ² American  

[weld] / wɛld /

noun

1. a mignonette, Reseda luteola, of southern Europe, yielding a yellow dye.

2. the dye.

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Weld ³ American  

[weld] / wɛld /

noun

1. Theodore Dwight, 1803–95, U.S. abolitionist leader.

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weld ¹ British  

/ wɛld /

verb

1. (tr) to unite (pieces of metal or plastic) together, as by softening with heat and hammering or by fusion

2. to bring or admit of being brought into close association or union

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noun

1. a joint formed by welding

weld ² British  

/ wəʊld, wɛld /

noun

1. a yellow dye obtained from the plant dyer's rocket

2. another name for dyer's rocket

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Weld ³ British  

/ wɛld /

noun

1. Sir Frederick Aloysius. 1823–91, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1864–65)

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Other Word Forms

• unweldable adjective
• unwelded adjective
• weldability noun
• weldable adjective
• welder noun
• weldless adjective
• weldor noun

Etymology

Origin of weld¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; variant of well ² in the obsolete sense “to boil, rise,” influenced by past participle welled

Origin of weld²

1325–75; Middle English welde; cognate with Middle Low German walde, Middle Dutch woude

Example Sentences

Persona is building a welding robot for a shipbuilding company, a function Radford said is ripe for roboticization because the danger involved makes labor hard to find.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Vitali’s spirit guide, however, is Paul Revere, and by connecting the two silversmiths “East” welds a link between past and present.

From The Wall Street Journal

But they welded or otherwise assembled steel elements into an independent whole.

From The Wall Street Journal

And they welded and bolted extra bunk beds into almost every single-person cell.

From Los Angeles Times

“Nobody would care if you just took out the welder—like, after work, you just were welding.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• fuse
• solder