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weld

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: weld

1
nv
a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together
join together by heating
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n
European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: weld
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n a metal joint formed by softening with heat and fusing or hammering together

Types:
spot weld, spot-weld
each of the welds made by welding at a separate point
Type of:
joint
junction by which parts or objects are joined together

v join together by heating

weld metal”
Types:
spot-weld, spotweld
make circular welds
butt-weld, buttweld
join by a butt weld
Type of:
conjoin, join
make contact or come together

v unite closely or intimately

“Her gratitude welded her to him”
Type of:
merge, unify, unite
join or combine
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n European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye; naturalized in North America

Synonyms:
Reseda luteola, dyer's mignonette, dyer's rocket
Type of:
reseda
any plant of the genus Reseda
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