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WED

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Irregular inflected forms: wedded    , wedding   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fourth day of the week; the third working day

Synonyms:

Midweek; Wed; Wednesday

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Wed" is a kind of...):

weekday (any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday))

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having been taken in marriage

Synonyms:

wed; wedded

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

married (joined in matrimony)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take in marriage

Synonyms:

conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "wed" is one way to...):

unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)

Verb group:

marry; splice; tie; wed (perform a marriage ceremony)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wed"):

inmarry (marry within one's own tribe or group)

mismarry (marry an unsuitable partner)

wive (marry a woman, take a wife)

wive (take (someone) as a wife)

intermarry (marry within the same ethnic, social, or family group)

remarry (marry, not for the first time)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue wed

Derivation:

wedding (the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perform a marriage ceremony

Example:

The couple got spliced on Hawaii

Synonyms:

marry; splice; tie; wed

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "wed" is one way to...):

officiate (act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding)

Verb group:

conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wed"):

solemnise; solemnize (perform (the wedding ceremony) with proper ceremonies)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

wedding (the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed)

Credits

 Context examples: 

And on the morning of the wedding?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I must tell you of my wedding present.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

One day, just before the wedding, my grandfather was flying out with his band when he saw Quelala walking beside the river.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Could she have seen half as much love in Mr. Darcy for herself, she would have ordered her wedding clothes.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

We must begin; we must go and pay wedding visit very soon.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Though my parents had been married so long, they had really seen very little of each other, and their affection was as warm and as fresh as if they were two newly-wedded lovers.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"When I have worked hard and saved me some money, I will go to Colorado," he had told Edith on the day after their wedding.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I cut myself off from my race in order to wed him, but never once while he lived did I for an instant regret it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Did not I see them together in Devonshire every day, and all day long; and did not I know that your sister came to town with me on purpose to buy wedding clothes?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I'm too happy to care what anyone says or thinks, and I'm going to have my little wedding just as I like it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)