Meaning

7 senses
  1. (transitive)To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

    The priest wed the couple.

    trauen, verheiraten, vermählen

    жени́тьсяženítʹsja, пожени́тьсяpoženítʹsja

    perform a marriage ceremony

  2. (transitive)To take as one's spouse.

    She wed her first love.

    heiraten, zur Frau nehmen, zum Mann nehmen

    вы́йти за́муж заvýjti zámuž za, брать в жёныbratʹ v žóny, взять в жёныvzjatʹ v žóny

    take in marriage; married

  3. (intransitive)To take a spouse.

    heiraten

    жени́тьсяženítʹsja, выходи́ть за́мужvyxodítʹ zámuž, вы́йти за́мужvýjti zámuž

  4. (reciprocal)To take each other as a spouse.

    They will wed in the summer.

  5. (figuratively, transitive)To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.

    I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative.

  6. (figuratively, intransitive)To take to oneself and support; to espouse.

  7. (Northern England, Scotland)To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

    I'd wed my head on that.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. That couple are newly weds.

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  2. I don't want to wed again.

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  3. My love, we need to wed.

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  4. Better be half hanged than ill wed.

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  5. Those two are a newly-wed couple.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony:
transitive: to take as one's spouse:
intransitive: to take a spouse:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony:
transitive: to take as one's spouse:

Origin

From Middle English wedden, weddien, from Old English weddian (“to pledge; wed”), from Pro

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”).

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Forms

weds, wedding, wed, wed
Base formwed · to wed
3rd person singularweds
Present participlewedding
Past simplewed / wedded
Past participlewed / wedded

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywed
he, she, itweds

Past simpleLesson

all personswed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wed
he, she, ithas wed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wed

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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