Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to weld
Participle: welded
Gerund: welding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | weld |
| you | weld |
| he;she;it | welds |
| we | weld |
| you | weld |
| they | weld |
Perfect
| I | have welded |
| you | have welded |
| he;she;it | has welded |
| we | have welded |
| you | have welded |
| they | have welded |
Past
| I | welded |
| you | welded |
| he;she;it | welded |
| we | welded |
| you | welded |
| they | welded |
Pluperfect
| I | had welded |
| you | had welded |
| he;she;it | had welded |
| we | had welded |
| you | had welded |
| they | had welded |
Future
| I | will weld |
| you | will weld |
| he;she;it | will weld |
| we | will weld |
| you | will weld |
| they | will weld |
Future Perfect
| I | will have welded |
| you | will have welded |
| he;she;it | will have welded |
| we | will have welded |
| you | will have welded |
| they | will have welded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | weld |
| you | weld |
| he;she;it | weld |
| we | weld |
| you | weld |
| they | weld |
Perfect
| I | have welded |
| you | have welded |
| he;she;it | have welded |
| we | have welded |
| you | have welded |
| they | have welded |
Imperfect
| I | welded |
| you | welded |
| he;she;it | welded |
| we | welded |
| you | welded |
| they | welded |
Pluperfect
| I | had welded |
| you | had welded |
| he;she;it | had welded |
| we | had welded |
| you | had welded |
| they | had welded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would weld |
| you | would weld |
| he;she;it | would weld |
| we | would weld |
| you | would weld |
| they | would weld |
Perfect
| I | would have welded |
| you | would have welded |
| he;she;it | would have welded |
| we | would have welded |
| you | would have welded |
| they | would have welded |
Imperative
| you | weld |
| we | Let's weld |
| you | weld |
Verbs conjugated like 'weld'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'weld'
eld,
geld,
meld,
teld,
wald,
wed,
weed,
welk,
well,
welt,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1599, alteration of well (v.) "to boil, rise;" influenced by pp. form
welled. The noun meaning "the joint formed by welding" is recorded from 1831.
2. Alteration of well (“boil, rise”), probably influenced by the past participle, welled.
3. Compare cognate Danish vælde, Swedish välla (“boil, rise → to forge weld”). See: Danish '
vælde', Swedish '
välla'.
Verbs referencing "weld"
Esperanto
veldi, Ido weldar.
Sample Sentences
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[…] and at Dinsdale work will commence in 1957 on a depot to deal with rail welding and track pre-assembly. The plant envisaged will weld new flat-bottom rails into 180-ft. lengths for laying in selected lines. [1956 July, “Modernisation in the North Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 484:]
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The tensile strength test is designed to test the strength of the welded joint. [2021 February 23, Ramakant Sharma, “Weld Testing Methods: Destructive & Non-Destructive”, in Cruxweld, archived from the original on 25 May 2025:]
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I've welded a metal sculpture.
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The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army.
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to weld an alliance
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Now should men see / Two women faster welded in one love / Than pairs of wedlock. [1847, Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess:]
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The organisational and administrative tasks involved in welding the railways into a single entity have also received much publicity. [1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 223:]