What does "weld" mean?
A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
Weld
/wɛld/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
- Grammar: weld is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: accouple, accumulate, agglutinate, amass.
- Useful contrasts: brazing, depression, detach.
- Usage evidence: Tom said that he thought Mary knew how to weld.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
- 2 The joint made by welding.
"Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld."
- 3 a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together wordnet
- 4 The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
- 5 European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America wordnet
Verb
- 1 To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination. transitive
"[…] and at Dinsdale work will commence in 1957 on a depot to deal with rail welding and track pre-assembly. The plant envisaged will weld new flat-bottom rails into 180-ft. lengths for laying in selected lines."
- 2 To wield. obsolete, transitive
"[Arthur says to a wicked giant] "he that alle the world weldeth gyue the ſorte lyf & ſameful dethe" ("He who wields all the world gives thee short life and shameful death")"
- 3 unite closely or intimately wordnet
- 4 To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately. transitive
"The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army."
- 5 join together by heating wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname from Old English possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.
"Johnson’s latest misstep played out during an extraordinary and awkward 50 seconds of live television on MSNBC, where Johnson and running mate William Weld were appearing in a town hall. Host Chris Matthews ticked through a list of regions, hoping to jog the Libertarian Party candidate’s memories, but to no avail."
- 2 A town in Franklin County, Maine, United States, named after Benjamin Weld.
Antonyms
Example
"Tom said that he thought Mary knew how to weld."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "weld"?
Common synonyms include: accouple, accumulate, agglutinate, amass, ankle, articulate.
How do you use "weld" in a sentence?
Tom said that he thought Mary knew how to weld.
How do you pronounce "weld"?
Pronounced /wɛld/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.
Etymology 2
Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled.
Etymology 3
From Old English weald (sense 2).