different between weld vs meld

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ld/
• Homophone: welled
• Rhymes: -?ld

Etymology 1

From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant from of w?d, Proto-West Germanic *wai?d, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad.

Alternative forms

• wold

Noun

weld

1. A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.
2. The yellow coloring matter or dye extracted from this plant.

Synonyms

• (Reseda luteola): dyer's rocket; dyer's weed; wild woad

Translations

Etymology 2

Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled.

Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

1. (transitive) To join two materials (especially two metals) together by applying heat, pressure and filler, either separately or in any combination.
2. (transitive) To bind together inseparably; to unite closely or intimately.
   • 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess

     Now should men see / Two women faster welded in one love / Than pairs of wedlock.

Derived terms

• all-welded
• long-welded

Translations

Noun

weld (plural welds)

1. The joint made by welding.
   • 2001, James E. Duffy, I-Car Professional Automotive Collision Repair (page 173)

     Excessive spot weld time may cause the electrode tips to mushroom, resulting in no focus of current and a weak weld.

Derived terms

• butt weld
• scarf weld

See also

• braze
• solder

Etymology 3

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Verb

weld (third-person singular simple present welds, present participle welding, simple past and past participle welded)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To wield.
   • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 168 line 2 (Sommer edition)

     [Arthur says to a wicked giant] "he that alle the world weldeth gyue the ?orte lyf & ?ameful dethe" ("He who wields all the world gives thee short life and shameful death")

   • 1485: Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte D'Arthur, p. 172 line 2 (Sommer edition)

     [Arthur says to conquering knights] "ye be worthy to welde all your honour and worship"

References

• weld in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• lewd

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• well (chiefly Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German wilde, from Old High German wildi, from Proto-West Germanic *wilþ?, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?elt/

Adjective

weld (masculine welde or welle, feminine weld or well, comparative welder or weller, superlative et weldste)

1. (chiefly Ripuarian) wild

Usage notes

• The traditional inflected forms are those with -ll- in all dialects. Those with -ld- are now predominant, however, in many dialects under standard German influence.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?ld/

Verb

weld

1. Soft mutation of gweld (“to see”).

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

Blend of melt +? weld; alternatively, from English melled (“mingled; blended”), past participle of mell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld

Verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

1. (US) to combine multiple similar objects into one

   One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.

   Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like — we can all be proud of our young country. - The New York Times, 26/02/2007 [1]

Synonyms

• conflate

Related terms

• melt
• weld

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Dutch or German melden (“to report, announce”). Compare cognate Middle English melden (“to call out, accuse”), from Old English meldian (“to declare, announce, tell”).

Verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

1. In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.

Translations

Noun

meld (plural melds)

1. A combination of cards which is melded.

Translations

References

• “meld”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Danish

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melde

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt

Verb

meld

1. first-person singular present indicative of melden
2. imperative of melden

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse meldr.

Alternative forms

• melder m

Noun

meld m (definite singular melden, indefinite plural meldar, definite plural meldane)

1. grinding, crushing
2. an amount of grain that is to be milled
3. an amount of flour that returns from the mill

Related terms

• mala, male (to grind, crush)
• mjøl n

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

meld (neuter singular meldt, definite singular and plural melde)

1. past participle of melde

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melda and melde

References

• “meld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.