Definitions for wield

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Spelling: [weeld]
IPA: /wild/

Wield is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in wield (deilw).

Definitions for wield

verb (used with object)

  1. to exercise (power, authority, influence, etc.), as in ruling or dominating.
  2. to use (a weapon, instrument, etc.) effectively; handle or employ actively.
  3. Archaic. to guide or direct.
  4. Archaic. to govern; manage.

Origin of wield

before 900; Middle English welden, Old English wieldan to control, derivative of wealdan to rule; cognate with German walten, Old Norse valda, Gothic waldan; akin to Latin valēre to be strong

Examples for wield

Women have been trying to wield Internet shame against men for years now to little avail.

I might have more power than you, but if you wield it more effectively you might exercise more influence in certain settings.

And since his son is of an age too tender to wield the sceptre, the boy's mother does it in his name.

The mass of glass was also very heavy for the blower to wield.

He was ignorant of the irresistible power which the dirty "saint" could wield.

Few sore losers could wield sharp words quite like Leon Trotsky, especially when talking about Joseph Stalin.

But the last national figure to wield ancient personal authority in an explicitly religious way was Robert F. Kennedy.

Do you realize how strong a man has to be to wield such a weight as that lump of metal?

Did he have the brains to wield this money and make it mean something to the world?

They are elites, in short, even though they make less money and wield less power than others of that designation.

Word Value for wield
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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