nnoun.actfastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressureDerivationally Related Form:weld
Hypernyms:attachment fastening
Inherited Hypernyms:weldingfasteningjoiningchange of integritychangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:butt-weldingbutt weldingspot-weldingspot welding
Full Hyponyms:butt weldingflash weldingspot welding
vverb.contactjoin together by heatingDerivationally Related Form:weldmentweldingweldwelder
Hypernyms:conjoin join
Inherited Hypernyms:weldjoinconnect
Direct Hyponyms:butt-weldbuttweldspot-weldspotweld
Entailment:blend coalesce combine commingle conflate flux fuse immix meld merge mix
Full Troponyms:butt-weldspotweld
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changeunite closely or intimatelyExamples:- Her gratitude welded her to him
Hypernyms:merge unify unite
Inherited Hypernyms:weldunitechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something