'Welding' definitions:
Definition of 'welding'
From: WordNet
noun
Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure
Definition of 'Welding'
From: GCIDE
- Weld \Weld\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Welded; p. pr. & vb. n. Welding.] [Probably originally the same word as well to spring up, to gush; perhaps from the Scand.; cf. Sw. v[aum]lla to weld, uppv[aum]lla to boil up, to spring up, Dan. v[ae]lde to gush, G. wellen to weld. See Well to spring.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To press or beat into intimate and permanent union, as two pieces of iron when heated almost to fusion. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Very few of the metals, besides iron and platinum. are capable of being welded. Horn and tortoise shell possess this useful property. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: To unite closely or intimately. [1913 Webster]
- Two women faster welded in one love. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]