wed
/ˈwɛd/ verb B2- To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony. · The priest wed the couple.
- To take as one's spouse. · She wed her first love.
- To take a spouse.
- To take each other as a spouse. · They will wed in the summer.
- To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage. · I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative.
- To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
He/she/it weds · Past wed · Past participle wed · -ing form wedding
Verb forms
- Base form
- wed
- He/she/it
- weds
- Past
- wed
- Past participle
- wed
- -ing form
- wedding
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Are frosted like a wedding-cake.
I’ve been imagining it all out--the wedding and everything--Diana dressed in snowy garments, with a veil, and looking as beautiful and regal as a queen; and me the bridesmaid, with a lovely dress too, and puffed sleeves, but with a breaking heart hid beneath my smiling face.
Bertram gave her a diamond ring and a ruby necklace and told her they would go to Europe for a wedding tour, for he was immensely wealthy.
It’s so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding.
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