weld

Meaning

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.

Verb

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

Verb

To wield.

Synonyms

solder

join

welding

fuse

dyer’s mignonette

link

🔗

dyer’s rocket

Reseda luteola

joint

found

combine

coalesce

unite

merge

welded joint

integrate

weld seam

connect

couple

👫

couple on

cure

doctor

🧑‍⚕️

fabricated

fasten

heal

immingle

interconnect

junction

knit

link up

meld

mix

piece

pool

pull together

put through

put together

raft

relate

repair

smelt

soldering

summate

tee

tie

tie in

totalize

weld on

twin

unify

Translations

saldare

schweißen

souder

soldar

lassen

wellen

συγκολλώ

soudure

gualda

unir

soldar

συγκολλώ μέταλλα

Schweißnaht

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɛld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: welde

Inherited from Old English: *weald

Cognate with Old French: guaide

Cognate with Dutch: wouw

In summary

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-.