to weld
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4.6
- verb
- /wɛld/
- Specialized
:
soldar
- The skilled worker learned to weld metal pieces together to create strong structures.
- weld steel
- weld metal
- weld pipe
And This is why people who Weld wear eye Shields.
- And This is why people who Weld wear eye Shields.
- So we got to figure out the links so that we can Weld the other boxes on, put our shocks on.
- Some of the images of apartment buildings being welded shut shocked people around the world as Xi Jinping pursued his zero COVID policy.
- There is one piece that is the thunderstorm generator that has to be very specially welded, but it doesn't even have any moving parts.
Examples
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Some of the images of apartment buildings being welded shut shocked people around the world as Xi Jinping pursued his zero COVID policy.
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In high school, I really wanted to go to vocational school where you learn to Weld and fix cars and build houses.
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We could weld it shut.
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I decided I better hold off trying to weld with little kids around.
Fiction book (2000) -
So I'm going to do that, clamp it, Weld it, and I think we're good.
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Workers would carry in straight rods, hand bend them on a fixture, and hand weld them together.
Academic text (2012) -
I want every manhole on this street welded shut.
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My father welded steel for the navy and my mother worked at the V.A.
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Remember, we took metal pipes and welded them over outdoor basketball hoops.
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Then we'll weld shut the flooded compartments... pump out the water from the collision bulkheads... run it right up to the aft peak.
Synonyms
1
7.0
To join metal pieces by heating and pressing them at several small points
To join two metal pieces end to end by melting their touching ends
To join two metal pieces by heating their touching ends until they melt together
Join two metal pieces by heating small spots so they melt together
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.6
A small metal join made by heating and pressing two pieces together at one point
How Strong
Surface Forms
Etymology
To weld (verb) comes from the idea of heating metal until it will 'join' or 'stick' together, so to weld is to make separate pieces become one.