weld
/wɛld/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname from Old English possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England.
name
A town in Franklin County, Maine, United States, named after Benjamin Weld.
noun
A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
verb
To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Johnson’s latest misstep played out during an extraordinary and awkward 50 seconds of live television on MSNBC, where Johnson and running mate William Weld were appearing in a town hall. Host Chris Matthews ticked through a list of regions, hoping to jog the Libertarian Party candidate’s memories, but to no avail."
- "[…] and at Dinsdale work will commence in 1957 on a depot to deal with rail welding and track pre-assembly. The plant envisaged will weld new flat-bottom rails into 180-ft. lengths for laying in selected lines."
- "The tensile strength test is designed to test the strength of the welded joint."
- "I've welded a metal sculpture."
- "The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army."
- "to weld an alliance"
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-.