wed
Noun
- the fourth day of the week; the third working day
Verb
Verb Forms: wedded, wedding, weds
- To take as spouse; to marry.
- take in marriage
- perform a marriage ceremony
- "We were wed the following week"
- To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
- To take as one's spouse.
- To take a spouse.
- To take each other as a spouse.
- To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.
- To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
- To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.
Adjective Satellite
- having been taken in marriage
Examples
- He decided to wed his strategy to aggressive vowel plays, hoping for high-scoring results.
- I'd wed my head on that.
- I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative.
- She wed her first love.
- The priest wed the couple.
- They will wed in the summer.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Proto-West Germanic *waddjōn, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge”), from *wadją (“pledge”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge”).
Cognate with Scots wed, wod, wad (“to wed”), Saterland Frisian wädje (“to bet, wager”), West Frisian wedzje (“to bet, wager”), Low German and Dutch wedden (“to bet”), German wetten (“to bet”), Danish vædde (“to bet”), Swedish vädja (“to appeal”), Icelandic veðja (“to bet”); more distantly, to Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́, “bride”). Related also to gage, engage, and wage.
Synonyms
conjoin, espouse, get hitched with, get married, hook up with, marry, Midweek, splice, tie, wedded, Wednesday
Scrabble Score: 7
wed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary