Weld

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To join (metals) by applying heat, sometimes with pressure and sometimes with an intermediate or filler metal having a high melting point.
  • v. To bring into close association or union.
  • verb-intransitive. To be capable of being welded.
  • n. The union of two metal parts by welding.
  • n. The joint formed by welding.
  • n. See dyer's rocket.
  • n. The yellow dye obtained from dyer's rocket.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye; dyer's broom; dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad.
  • n. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
  • v. To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
  • v. To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
  • n. The state of being welded.
  • n. The joint made by welding.
  • v. (obsolete) To wield.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To wield.
  • n. 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.
  • n. Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
  • v. To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.
  • v. Fig.: To unite closely or intimately.
  • n. The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The dyer's-weed, Reseda luteola, a scentless species of mignonette, native in southern Europe and naturalized further north.
  • To unite or consolidate, as pieces of metal or a metallic powder, by hammering or compression with or without previous softening by heat.
  • Figuratively, to bring into intimate union; make a close joining of: as, to weld together the parts of an argument.
  • To undergo the welding process; be capable of being welded.
  • n. A solid union of metallic pieces formed by welding; a welded junction or joint.
  • A Middle English form of wield.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. unite closely or intimately
  • n. European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
  • v. join together by heating
  • n. United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
  • n. a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
  • Verb Form
    welded    welding    welds   
    Hypernym
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    Cross Reference
    solder    braze   
    Variant
    woald    wold    would   
    Form
    welded    welding    butt weld    scarf weld   
    Synonym
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    wield   
    Rhyme
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    celled    compelled    dispelled    dwelled    excelled    expelled    feld    felled    fjeld    handheld   
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