weld

A person welding.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wɛld/
• Rhymes: -ɛld

Etymology 1

From Middle English welde, wolde, from Proto-Germanic *walþō (cf. Dutch wouw, Middle Low German walde, wolde, gaude in French), from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”). More at wold.

Alternative forms

• wold

Noun

weld (plural welds)

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

herb

• French: gaude (fr) f, réséda des teinturiers (fr) f
• Jèrriais: hèrbe à teindre f

• Spanish: gualda (es) f

dye

• Spanish: gualda (es) f

Etymology 2

Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled

Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

1. (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
   • 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess

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

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

Translations

to bind, unite

• Dutch: verbinden (nl), samenvoegen (nl)
• Finnish: hitsata (fi)

• Russian: объединять (ru) (obʺjedinjátʹ)  impf., объединить (ru) (obʺjedinítʹ)  pf., сплачивать (ru) (spláčivatʹ)  impf., сплотить (ru) (splotítʹ)  pf.

to join materials (especially metals) by applying heat

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• Armenian: զոդել (hy) (zodel) 
• Catalan: soldar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 焊接 (cmn) (hànjiē)

• Dutch: lassen (nl), wellen (nl)
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• Finnish: hitsata (fi)
• French: braser (fr)
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• German: schweißen (de)
• Greek: οξυγονοκολλώ (el) (oxygonokolló) 
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• Italian: saldare (it)
• Japanese: 溶接する (ja) (ようせつする, yōsetsu suru)
• Khmer: ផ្សារ (km) (psaa)
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• Persian: جوش دادن (fa) (juš dâdan)
• Polish: spawać
• Portuguese: soldar (pt)
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• Russian: сваривать (ru) (svárivatʹ)  impf., сварить (ru) (svarítʹ)  pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: variti (sh), zavariti (sh)
• Spanish: soldar (es)
• Swedish: svetsa (sv)
• Thai: บัดกรี (th) (bàtgree), ประสานรอย (th) (bpràsăan roi)
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Noun

weld (plural welds)

1. The state of being welded.
2. The joint made by welding.

Derived terms

• butt weld
• scarf weld

See also

• solder
• braze

Etymology 3

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Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

1. (transitive) (obsolete) To wield.

References

• weld in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• lewd