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WELD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("weld" is a kind of...):
joint (junction by which parts or objects are joined together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "weld"):
spot-weld; spot weld (each of the welds made by welding at a separate point)
Derivation:
weld (join together by heating)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States abolitionist (1803-1895)
Synonyms:
Theodore Dwight Weld; Weld
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
abolitionist; emancipationist (a reformer who favors abolishing slavery)
Sense 3
Meaning:
European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
Synonyms:
dyer's mignonette; dyer's rocket; Reseda luteola; weld
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("weld" is a kind of...):
reseda (any plant of the genus Reseda)
Holonyms ("weld" is a member of...):
genus Reseda (Old World genus of herbs having racemose flowers: mignonette; dyer's rocket)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they weld ... he / she / it welds
Past simple: welded
Past participle: welded
-ing form: welding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unite closely or intimately
Example:
Her gratitude welded her to him
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "weld" is one way to...):
merge; unify; unite (join or combine)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Join together by heating
Example:
weld metal
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "weld" is one way to...):
conjoin; join (make contact or come together)
"Weld" entails doing...:
blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix (mix together different elements)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "weld"):
spot-weld; spotweld (make circular welds)
butt-weld; buttweld (join by a butt weld)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
weld (a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together)
welder (joins pieces of metal by welding them together)
welding (fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure)
weldment (an assembly of parts welded together)
