weld Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
    dyer's mignonette; Reseda luteola; dyer's rocket.
  2. noun United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
    Theodore Dwight Weld.
  3. noun a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
  4. verb join together by heating
    • weld metal
  5. verb unite closely or intimately
    • Her gratitude welded her to him

WordNet

Weld transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To wield. Obs. Chaucer.
Weld noun
Etymology
OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) 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 transitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Welded; present participle & verbal noun Welding
Definitions
  1. To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion. ✍ 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 noun
Definitions
  1. The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.

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