The Collaborative Dictionary

Weld \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. [1913 Webster]

Weld \Weld\ (w[e^]ld), v. t. To wield. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Weld \Weld\ (w[e^]ld), n. [OE. welde; akin to Scot. wald, Prov. G. waude, G. wau, Dan. & Sw. vau, D. wouw.] [1913 Webster]

(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.] [1913 Webster]

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

Weld \Weld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Welded; p. pr. & vb. n. Welding.] [Probably originally the same word as well to spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. v[aum]lla to weld, uppv[aum]lla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. v[ae]lde to gush, G. wellen to weld. See Well to spring.] [1913 Webster]

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

Word Net

weld

1 European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America [syn: dyer's rocket, dyer's mignonette, Reseda luteola]

2 United States abolitionist (1803-1895) [syn: Theodore Dwight Weld]

3 a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together

1 join together by heating; "weld metal"

2 unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him"

Moby Thesaurus

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

English

Pronunciation

• /wɛld/
• Rhymes: -ɛld

Etymology 1

From *wealde, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch wouw, Swedish vau.

Alternative spellings

• wold

Noun

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

Translations

• Spanish: gualda

Etymology 2

Alteration of well (verb), probably influenced by the past participle.

Verb

1. To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
2. To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.

Quotations

• 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess

  Now should men see / Two women faster welded in one love / Than pairs of wedlock.

Translations

• Chinese: 焊接 hàn jiē
• Finnish: hitsata (1,2)
• Polish: spawać
• Spanish: soldar

Noun

weld

1. The state of being welded; the joint made by welding.

Derived terms

• butt weld
• scarf weld

See also

• solder

Etymology 3

Verb

weld

1. To wield.

References

Weld most commonly refers to a joint formed by welding. Weld may also refer to

People

• William Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts
• Weld Family, an extended family of New England
  • Theodore Dwight Weld
  • Tuesday Weld
• Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld
• Seth L. Weld, Philippine-American War Medal of Honor recipient

Other

• Weld (album), a 1991 live album by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• Reseda luteola, a plant which is also called "Dyer's Rocket"
• Weld Boathouse
• Weld Hall

Links

• Data sheet with pictures of weld (German)