WELD

weld

(noun) a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together

Weld, Theodore Dwight Weld

(noun) United States abolitionist (1803-1895)

weld

(verb) unite closely or intimately; “Her gratitude welded her to him”

weld

(verb) join together by heating; “weld metal”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Weld

A surname possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.

Anagrams

• lewd

Etymology 1

Noun

weld

A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.

The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

Synonyms

• (Reseda luteola): dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad

Etymology 2

Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

(transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

(transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.

Noun

weld (plural welds)

The joint made by welding.

Etymology 3

Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

(transitive, obsolete) To wield.

Anagrams

• lewd

Source: Wiktionary

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Weld, v. t.

Definition: To wield. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Weld, n. Etym: [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: An herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad. It is used by dyers to give a yellow color. [Written also woald, wold, and would.]

2. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

Weld, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Welded; p. pr. & vb. n. Welding.] Etym: [Probably originally the same word as well to spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. välla to weld, uppvälla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. vælde to gush, G. wellen to weld. See Well to spring.]

1. To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.

Note: Very few of the metals, besides iron and platinum. are capable of being welded. Horn and tortoise shell possess this useful property.

2. Fig.: To unite closely or intimately. Two women faster welded in one love. Tennyson.

Weld, n.

Definition: The state of being welded; the joint made by welding. Butt weld. See under Butt.

– Scarf weld, a joint made by overlapping, and welding together, the scarfed ends of two pieces.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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