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Weld

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Noun

1. dyer's mignonette, dyer's rocket, reseda luteola, weld

European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America

2. theodore dwight weld, weld

United States abolitionist (1803-1895)

3. weld

a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together

Verb

4. weld

join together by heating

Example Sentences:
'weld metal'

5. weld

unite closely or intimately

Example Sentences:
'Her gratitude welded her to him'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Weld

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verb
1. (transitive)
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
noun
3. 
a joint formed by welding
noun
1. 
a yellow dye obtained from the plant dyer's rocket
2.  another name for dyer's rocket
noun
Sir Frederick Aloysius. 1823–91, New Zealand statesman, born in England: prime minister of New Zealand (1864–65)

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Weld

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verb transitive
1. 
to unite (pieces of metal, plastic, etc.) by heating until molten and fused or until soft enough to hammer or press together
2. 
to bring into close or intimate union; unite in a single, compact whole
verb intransitive
3. 
to be welded or capable of being welded
alloys that weld at different heats
noun
4. 
a welding or being welded
5. 
the joint formed by welding
noun
1. 
a European mignonette (Reseda luteola) that yields a yellow dye
2. 
the dye

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Weld

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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.
n.
1. See dyer's rocket.
2. The yellow dye obtained from dyer's rocket.
American abolitionist whose pamphlet American Slavery As It Is (1839) inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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