English noun: weld | |||
1. | weld (plant) European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America | ||
Synonyms | dyer's mignonette, dyer's rocket, Reseda luteola | ||
Broader (hypernym) | reseda | ||
Member meronym | genus Reseda | ||
2. | Weld (person) United States abolitionist (1803-1895) | ||
Synonyms | Theodore Dwight Weld | ||
Instance hypernym | abolitionist, emancipationist | ||
3. | weld (artifact) a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together | ||
Broader (hypernym) | joint | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | spot weld, spot-weld | ||
English verb: weld | |||
1. | weld (contact) join together by heating | ||
Samples | Weld metal. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conjoin, join | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | butt-weld, buttweld, spot-weld, spotweld | ||
Entail | blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix | ||
2. | weld (change) unite closely or intimately | ||
Samples | Her gratitude welded her to him. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | merge, unify, unite | ||