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Weld
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Weld  (wld), Theodore Dwight 1803-1895.
American abolitionist whose pamphlet American Slavery As It Is (1839) inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

weld 1  (wld)
v. weld·ed, weld·ing, welds
v.tr.
1. To join (metals) by applying heat, sometimes with pressure and sometimes with an intermediate or filler metal having a high melting point.
2. To bring into close association or union.
v.intr.
To be capable of being welded.
n.
1. The union of two metal parts by welding.
2. The joint formed by welding.

[Alteration (probably influenced by welled, past participle of well) of well, to weld (obsolete and dialectal).]

weld 2  (wld) also wold (wld)
n.
2. The yellow dye obtained from dyer's rocket.

[Middle English welde.]

Weld [wɛld]
n
(Biographies / Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius (1823-1891) M, New Zealandnational of birth: English, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: prime minister) Sir Frederick Aloysius. 1823-91, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1864-65)

weld1
vb
1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) (tr) to unite (pieces of metal or plastic) together, as by softening with heat and hammering or by fusion
2. to bring or admit of being brought into close association or union
n
(Engineering / Metallurgy) a joint formed by welding
[variant probably based on past participle of well2 in obsolete sense to boil, heat]
weldable  adj
weldability  n
welder , weldor n
weldless  adj

weld2, wold, woald [wəʊld]
n
1. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a yellow dye obtained from the plant dyer's rocket
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) another name for dyer's rocket
[from Low German; compare Middle Low German walde, waude, Dutch wouw]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Weldweld - European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
genus Reseda - Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket
reseda - any plant of the genus Reseda
2.Weld - United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
3.Weldweld - a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
joint - junction by which parts or objects are joined together
spot weld, spot-weld - each of the welds made by welding at a separate point
Verb1.Weldweld - join together by heating; "weld metal"
conjoin, join - make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"
spot-weld, spotweld - make circular welds; "These pipes are only spotwelded"
butt-weld, buttweld - join by a butt weld
2.weld - unite closely or intimately; "Her gratitude welded her to him"
merge, unify, unite - join or combine; "We merged our resources"

weld
verb
1. join, link, bond, bind, connect, cement, fuse, solder, braze It's possible to weld stainless steel to ordinary steel.
2. unite, combine, blend, consolidate, unify, fuse, meld The miracle was that Rose had welded them into a team.
noun
joint, bond, seam, juncture The weld on the outlet pipe was visibly fractured.
Translations
weld [weld]
A. Nsoldadura f
B. VT (Tech) → soldar
the hull is welded throughoutel casco es totalmente soldado
to weld together (lit) → soldar (fig) → unir, unificar
to weld parts togethersoldar unas piezas
we must weld them together into a new bodyhemos de unirlos or unificarlos para formar un nuevo organismo
C. VIsoldarse

weld [ˈwɛld]
nsoudure f
vtsouder
to weld sth to sth → souder qch à qch

weld
vt
(Tech) → schweißen; to weld parts togetherTeile zusammenschweißen or verschweißen; to weld something onetw anschweißen (→ to an +acc); welded jointSchweißnaht f
(fig: also weld together) → zusammenschmieden (into zu)
vischweißen

weld [wɛld]
1. vtsaldare
2. nsaldatura

weld [wɛld]
1. vtsaldare
2. nsaldatura

weld
v weld [weld]
to join (pieces of metal) by pressure, often using heat, electricity etc. sweis يَلْحِم заварявам svářet svejse schweißen συγκολλώ soldar keevitama جوش دادن hitsata souder לְרַתֵך जोड़ना variti (meg)hegeszt mengelas lóða, logsjóða, rafsjóða saldare 溶接する 용접하다 virinti metināt mengimpal lassen sveise sammen spawać soldar a suda сваривать zvárať zvariti zavariti svetsa เชื่อม kaynak yapmak 銲接 зварювати(ся) دھاتوں کو گرم کر کے اور دبا کر جوڑنا hàn
n
a joint made by welding. sweislas لَحْم، لِحام заварка svár svejsning die Schweißstelle συγκόλληση soldadura keevisliide جوش كاري hitsi soudure רִיתוּך वेल्डिंग से बना जोड़ var varrat las logsuða; logsoðin/lóðuð samskeyti saldatura 溶接部 용접 suvirinimo siūlė metināta šuve mengimpal las sveis, sveisefuge spaw soldadura sudură сварной шов zvar zvar var svetsning, svetsfog การเชื่อม kaynak 銲接 зварний шов ٹانکے کے ذریعے لگایا گیا جوڑ mối hàn
n welder
sweiser لَحّام، عامِل لِحام оксиженист svářeč svejser der/die Schweißer(in) συγκολλητής soldador keevitaja جوش كار hitsaaja soudeur/-euse רָתַך वेल्डिंग करने वाला varilac hegesztő(munkás); hegesztő(készülék) tukang las log-/rafsuðumaður saldatore 溶接工 용접공, 용접기 suvirintojas metinātājs tukang kimpal, pengimpal lasser sveiser, sveiseapparat spawacz soldador sudor сварщик zvárač varilec zavarivač svetsare ช่างเชื่อม kaynakçı 銲工,銲機 зварник; зварювальний агрегат جوڑنے والا thợ hàn


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