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# weld

«weld» in Mova's school dictionary: **to join pieces of metal together by heating them until…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (weld, welds, welded, welding); noun (a weld, welds)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To weld means to join pieces of metal together by heating them until they melt and stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#m1)

2) A weld is the joint where two pieces of metal have been welded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#m2)

3) To weld people or things together means to unite them closely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In DT and science lessons, welding joins metals; in jobs and stories, welders wear masks to protect their eyes from the bright light; phrases: welded together, weld shut.

### examples

- The worker welded the two steel beams together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#x1)
- Welders wear masks to protect their eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#x2)
- The weld on the gate has cracked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#x3)
- Never look at welding without eye protection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#x4)
- The team was welded together by hard training. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#x5)
- The old door had been welded shut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/#x6)

### note

Past: welded. A person who welds is a «welder». Safety: welding light can damage eyes, which is why special masks are used.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «weld» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/weld/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.