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weld

5 definitions • 5 examples
1
to join two pieces of metal together permanently by melting the parts that touch:

Examples:

Iron spikes have been welded (on) to the railings around the embassy.
2
to make separate people into a group who can work together successfully:

Examples:

He is a born leader, who welded a collection of gifted individualists into a real team.
3
a joint made by welding
4
a tall plant with yellow flowers that can be used to produce a yellow dye (= a substance used to change the colour of something):

Examples:

Historic sources of dye such as weld could be grown commercially to provide ink for printers.
Weld, or dyer's rocket, is a tall plant with greenish-yellow flowers all the way up its spike.
5
to join pieces of metal together permanently by melting the parts that touch, or to join one piece of metal to another in this way:

Examples:

[ T ] Iron spikes were welded to the railing around the embassy.

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