weld metal
21weld — weld1 [weld] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: well to weld (15 19 centuries), from Old English wellan; WELL5] 1.) [T] to join metals by melting their edges and pressing them together when they are hot ▪ The new handle will have to be welded on. 2.) [T …
22weld — [16] Weld is ultimately the same verb as well (as in ‘The tears welled up in his eyes’). This originally meant ‘boil, melt’, but in the 15th century (perhaps under the influence of Swedish välla ‘gush, weld’) it began to be used for ‘fuse metal… …
23weld — [16] Weld is ultimately the same verb as well (as in ‘The tears welled up in his eyes’). This originally meant ‘boil, melt’, but in the 15th century (perhaps under the influence of Swedish välla ‘gush, weld’) it began to be used for ‘fuse metal… …
24weld — weld1 verb 1》 join together (metal parts) by heating the surfaces to the point of melting and pressing or hammering them together. ↘forge (an article) by such means. 2》 cause to combine and form a whole. noun a welded joint. Derivatives… …
25weld — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 a hammer or press (pieces of iron or other metal usu. heated but not melted) into one piece. b join by fusion with an electric arc etc. c form by welding into some article. 2 fashion (arguments, members of a group, etc.) into… …
26Weld — 1. v. & n. v.tr. 1 a hammer or press (pieces of iron or other metal usu. heated but not melted) into one piece. b join by fusion with an electric arc etc. c form by welding into some article. 2 fashion (arguments, members of a group, etc.) into… …
27weld — [[t]wɛld[/t]] v. t. 1) bui mel to unite or fuse (pieces, as of metal or plastic) by hammering, compressing, or the like, esp. after rendering soft or pasty by heat 2) to bring into complete union, agreement, etc 3) bui mel to undergo welding; be… …
28weld — I. /wɛld / (say weld) verb (t) 1. to unite or fuse (pieces of metal, etc.) by hammering, compression, or the like, especially after rendering soft or pasty by heat, and sometimes with the addition of fusible material like or unlike the pieces to… …
29weld — verb Weld is used with these nouns as the object: ↑metal, ↑steel …
30weld — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to join metals by melting them and pressing them together when they are hot, or to be joined in this way 2 (transitive always + adv/prep) to join or unite people into a single, strong group: A person of vision was needed to weld… …
