weld

CEFRB1

/wɛld/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To join pieces of metal by heating them together.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Achieving a nice weld bead is not within everyone's reach!

  • Tom said that he thought Mary knew how to weld.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A town in Franklin County, Maine, United States, named after Benjamin Weld.

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

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

More examples

In context

  • The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army.

  • [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")

  • to weld an alliance

Synonyms

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To fix the broken metal frame, the mechanic needed to blank the two pieces together with heat.

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Origin

verb

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-.