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wield

VT ใช้ อาวุธ หรือ เครื่องมือ  ถือ อาวุธ หรือ เครื่องมือ  handle manipulate use chai-ar-yud-rue-krung-mue

 

wieldable

ADJ ซึ่ง ใช้ อาวุธ หรือ เครื่องมือ  sueng-chai-ar-yud-rue-krung-mue

 

wielder

N คนที่ ถือ (อาวุธ  เครื่องมือ  คนที่ ใช้ (อาวุธ  เครื่องมือ  kon-ti-tue

 

wielder

N ผู้ใช้ อาวุธ หรือ เครื่องมือ  wielder phu-chai-ar-yud-rue-krung-mue

 

wieldy

ADJ ซึ่ง จัดการ ได้ ง่าย  ซึ่ง ใช้ได้ ง่าย  sueng-jad-kan-dai-ngai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WIELD

v.t.[L. The primary sense of power and strength is to stretch or strain. ] 1. To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter.
Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
2. To use or employ with the hand.
Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade.
3. To handle; in an ironical sense.
Base Hungarian wight, wilt thou the spigot wield?
To wield the scepter, to govern with supreme command.

 

WIELDED

pp. Used with command; managed.

 

WIELDING

ppr. Using with power; managing.

 

WIELDLESS

a.Unmanageable.

 

WIELDY

a.That may be wielded; manageable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

WIELD

Wield, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wielding. ] Etym: [OE. welden to govern, to have power over, to possess, AS. geweldan, gewyldan, from wealdan; akin to OS. waldan, OFries. walda, G. walten, OHG. waltan, Icel. valda, Sw. vålla to occasion, to cause, Dan. volde, Goth. waldan to govern, rule, L. valere to be strong. Cf. Herald, Valiant. ]

 

1. To govern; to rule; to keep, or have in charge; also, to possess. [Obs. ] When a strong armed man keepeth his house, all things that he wieldeth ben in peace. Wyclif (Luke xi. 21 ).Wile [ne will ] ye wield gold neither silver ne money in your girdles. Wyclif (Matt. x. 9.)

 

2. To direct or regulate by influence or authority; to manage; to control; to sway. The famous orators... whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democraty. Milton. Her newborn power was wielded from the first by unprincipled and ambitions men. De Quincey.

 

3. To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter. Base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield! Shak. Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. Milton. Nothing but the influence of a civilized power could induce a savage to wield a spade. S. S. Smith. To wield the scepter, to govern with supreme command.

 

WIELDABLE

WIELDABLE Wield "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being wielded.

 

WIELDANCE

WIELDANCE Wield "ance, n.

 

Defn: The act or power of wielding. [Obs. ] "Our weak wieldance. " Bp. Hall.

 

WIELDER

WIELDER Wield "er, n.

 

Defn: One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller. A wielder of the great arm of the war. Milton.

 

WIELDING

WIELDING Wield "ing, n.

 

Defn: Power; authority; rule. [Obs. ] To have them in your might and in your wielding. Chaucer.

 

WIELDLESS

WIELDLESS Wield "less, a.

 

Defn: Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy. [R.] "Wieldless might. " Spenser.

 

WIELDSOME

WIELDSOME Wield "some, a.

 

Defn: Admitting of being easily wielded or managed. [Obs. ] Golding.

 

WIELDY

WIELDY Wield "y, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being wielded; manageable; wieldable; -- opposed to unwieldy. [R.] Johnson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

wield

wield |wēld wild | ▶verb [ with obj. ] hold and use (a weapon or tool ): a masked raider wielding a handgun. • have and be able to use (power or influence ): faction leaders wielded enormous influence within the party. DERIVATIVES wield er noun ORIGIN Old English wealdan, wieldan ‘govern, subdue, direct, ’ of Germanic origin; related to German walten .

 

wieldy

wield y |ˈwēldē ˈwildi | ▶adjective ( wieldier, wieldiest ) easily controlled or handled: the beefy Bentley is far from wieldy. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: back-formation from unwieldy .

 

Oxford Dictionary

wield

wield |wiːld | ▶verb [ with obj. ] hold and use (a weapon or tool ): a masked raider wielding a handgun. • have and be able to use (power or influence ): faction leaders wielded enormous influence within the party. DERIVATIVES wielder noun ORIGIN Old English wealdan, wieldan ‘govern, subdue, direct ’, of Germanic origin; related to German walten .

 

wieldy

wieldy |ˈwiːldi | ▶adjective easily controlled or handled: these vehicles are heavier and less wieldy. ORIGIN late Middle English: from wield, later a back-formation from unwieldy .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

wield

wield verb 1 he was wielding a sword: brandish, flourish, wave, swing; use, employ, handle. 2 he has wielded power since 1972: exercise, exert, hold, maintain, command, control.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

wield

wield verb 1 one of our assailants was wielding a sword: brandish, flourish, wave, twirl, display, flaunt, hold aloft, show off, swing, shake; use, put to use, employ, handle, ply, manipulate, operate. 2 he had wielded power since the coup in 1972: exercise, exert, be possessed of, have, have at one's disposal, hold, maintain, command, control, manage, be in charge of.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

wield

wield /wiːld /動詞 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉〈権力 影響力 権威など 〉を握る, 持つ ; …を行使できる, ふるう .2 〈人が 〉〈武器 道具など 〉を握る, 持つ ; …を使う .