wed

[wed] /wɛd/
verb (used with object), wedded or wed, wedding.
1.
to marry (another person) in a formal ceremony.
2.
to unite (a couple) in marriage or wedlock; marry.
3.
to bind by close or lasting ties; attach firmly:
She wedded herself to the cause of the poor.
4.
to blend together or unite inseparably:
a novel that weds style and content perfectly.
verb (used without object), wedded or wed, wedding.
5.
to contract marriage; marry.
6.
to become united or to blend:
a building that will wed with the landscape.
Origin
before 900; Middle English wedde, Old English weddian to pledge; cognate with German wetten to bet, Old Norse vethja to pledge
Related forms
interwed, verb (used without object), interwed or interwedded, interwedding.
rewed, verb, rewedded, rewedding.
unwed, adjective
Synonyms
4. combine, fuse, merge.

we'd

[weed] /wid/
1.
contraction of we had, we should, or we would.
Usage note
See contraction.

Wed.

1.
Wednesday.
Examples from the web for wed
  • The newly wed couple usually leave the ceremony to the sound of bagpipes.
British Dictionary definitions for wed

wed

/wɛd/
verb weds, wedding, wedded, wed
1.
to take (a person of the opposite sex) as a husband or wife; marry
2.
(transitive) to join (two people) in matrimony
3.
(transitive) to unite closely
Word Origin
Old English weddian; related to Old Frisian weddia, Old Norse vethja, Gothic wadi pledge

Wed.

abbreviation
1.
Wednesday

we'd

/wiːd; unstressed wɪd/
contraction
1.
we had or we would
Word Origin and History for wed
v.

Old English weddian "to pledge, covenant to do something, marry," from Proto-Germanic *wadjojanan (cf. Old Norse veðja "to bet, wager," Old Frisian weddia "to promise," Gothic ga-wadjon "to betroth"), from PIE root *wadh- "to pledge, to redeem a pledge" (cf. Latin vas, genitive vadis "bail, security," Lithuanian vaduoti "to redeem a pledge"). Sense remained "pledge" in other Germanic languages (cf. German Wette "bet, wager"); development to "marry" is unique to English. "Originally 'make a woman one's wife by giving a pledge or earnest money', then used of either party" [Buck]. Related: Wedded; wedding.

Related Abbreviations for wed

Wed.

Wednesday