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weld

Pronunciation: /wɛld/

The English word “weld” has 7 meanings listed here.

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 yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.
  3. The joint made by welding.

verb

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

Etymology

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-.

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