Weld Definition

wĕld
welded, welding, welds
verb
welded, welding, welds
To unite (pieces of metal, plastic, etc.) by heating until molten and fused or until soft enough to hammer or press together.
Webster's New World
To join (metals) by applying heat, sometimes with pressure and sometimes with an intermediate or filler metal having a high melting point.
American Heritage
To be welded or capable of being welded.
Alloys that weld at different heats.
Webster's New World
To bring into close or intimate union; unite in a single, compact whole.
Webster's New World
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noun
A welding or being welded.
Webster's New World
The joint formed by welding.
Webster's New World
A European mignonette (Reseda luteola) that yields a yellow dye.
Webster's New World
The dye.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Reseda luteola
  • dyer's mignonette
  • dyer's rocket
  • theodore dwight weld
pronoun

A surname​ possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.

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Noun

Singular:
weld
Plural:
welds

Origin of Weld

  • Alteration (probably influenced by welled) (past participle of well) of well to weld (obsolete and dialectal)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English welde

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Weld Sentence Examples

  • C - Thermit weld before removing riser and pouring gate.

  • Whatever may be thought of the manner of this refusal, or of its immediate motives, it was in itself wise, for the German empire would have lost immeasurably had it been the cause rather than the result of the inevitable struggle with Austria, and Bismarck was probably right when he said that, to weld the heterogeneous elements'of Germany into a united whole, what was needed was, not speeches and resolutions, but a policy of "blood and iron."

  • Lane Theological Seminary is situated in Walnut Hills, in the north-eastern part of the city; it was endowed by Ebenezer Lane and the Kemper family; was founded in 1829 for the training of Presbyterian ministers; had for its first president (1832-1852) Lyman Beecher; and in 1834 was the scene of a bitter contest between abolitionists in the faculty and among the students, led by Theodore Dwight Weld, and the board of trustees, who forbade the discussion of slavery in the seminary and so caused about four-fifths of the students to leave, most of them going to Oberlin College.

  • Weld steel is slag-bearing iron malleable at least at some one temperature, and containing more than 0.30% of carbon.

  • I think then someone put a little blob of weld on the end of them just to stop me turning them Cheers, Ben.

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