weld

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

weld, v. t. 

 To wield.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

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

•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  Coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.  [1913 Webster]

weld, v. t. [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.].

•  To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion.  [1913 Webster]

  " Very few of the metals, besides iron and platinum. are capable of being welded. Horn and tortoise shell possess this useful property."  [1913 Webster]
•  Fig.: To unite closely or intimately.  [1913 Webster]

  "Two women faster welded in one love."  [1913 Webster]

weld, n. 

 The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.  [1913 Webster]

Butt weld. See under Butt. -- Scarf weld, a joint made by overlapping, and welding together, the scarfed ends of two pieces.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

weld, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 a hammer or press (pieces of iron or other metal usu. heated but not melted) into one piece. b join by fusion with an electric arc etc. c form by welding into some article.
2 fashion (arguments, members of a group, etc.) into an effectual or homogeneous whole.
--n. a welded joint.

Derivative

weldable adj. weldability n. welder n.

weld, n.
1 a plant, Reseda luteola, yielding a yellow dye.
2 hist. this dye.

Etymology

ME f. OE w(e)alde (unrecorded): cf. MDu. woude, MLG walde

THESAURUS

weld

accouple, accumulate, agglutinate, amass, ankle, articulate, articulation, assemble, associate, band, bind, blaze, blister, bond, boundary, bracket, brand, braze, bridge, bridge over, burn, burn in, burn off, butt, carve, cast, cauterize, cement, cervix, chain, char, chase, chisel, clap together, clinch, closure, coal, collect, combine, comprise, concatenate, conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, connecting link, connecting rod, connection, copulate, couple, coupling, cover, crack, cupel, cut, dovetail, elbow, embrace, encompass, engrave, flame, found, fuse, gather, gliding joint, glue, grave, gum, hinge, hinged joint, hip, include, insculpture, interface, join, joining, joint, juncture, knee, knot, knuckle, lay together, league, link, lump together, marry, marshal, mass, merge, miter, mobilize, model, mold, mortise, neck, oxidate, oxidize, pair, parch, paste, piece together, pivot, pivot joint, put together, pyrolyze, rabbet, roll into one, scarf, scorch, sculp, sculpt, sculpture, seam, sear, shoulder, singe, solder, span, splice, stick together, stitch, suture, swinge, symphysis, take in, tape, tie, tie rod, toggle, toggle joint, torrefy, unify, union, unite, vesicate, vulcanize, wrist, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

weld

Coherence

VB cohere, adhere, stick, cling, cleave, hold, take hold of, hold fast, close with, clasp, hug, grow together, hang together, twine round, stick like a leech, stick like wax, stick close, cling like ivy, cling like a bur, adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt, glue, agglutinate, conglutinate, cement, lute, paste, gum, solder, weld, cake, consolidate, agglomerate.