wed
verb /wed/
/wed/
[intransitive, transitive] not used in the progressive tenses old-fashioned or used in newspapersVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wed | /wed/ /wed/ |
| he / she / it weds | /wedz/ /wedz/ |
| past simple wedded | /ˈwedɪd/ /ˈwedɪd/ |
| past participle wedded | /ˈwedɪd/ /ˈwedɪd/ |
| past simple wed | /wed/ /wed/ |
| past participle wed | /wed/ /wed/ |
- to marry
- The couple plan to wed next summer.
- wed somebody Rock star to wed top model (= in a newspaper headline).
- With this ring I thee wed.
Word OriginOld English weddian, from the Germanic base of Scots wed ‘a pledge’; related to Latin vas ‘surety’.