Hitch vs. Wed

Hitchnoun

A sudden pull.

Wedverb

(transitive) To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

‘The priest wed the couple.’;

Hitchnoun

Any of various knots used to attach a rope to an object other than another rope.

Wedverb

(transitive) To take as one's spouse.

‘She wed her first love.’;

Hitchnoun

A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.

‘His truck sported a heavy-duty hitch for his boat.’;

Wedverb

(intransitive) To take a spouse.

Hitchnoun

(informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.

Wedverb

(reciprocal) To take each other as a spouse.

‘They will wed in the summer.’;

Hitchnoun

A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.

‘The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the hitch?’;

Wedverb

To join or commit to, more or less permanently, as if in marriage.

‘I'm not wedded to this proposal; suggest an alternative.’;

Hitchnoun

A period of time spent in the military.

‘She served two hitches in Vietnam.’;

Wedverb

To take to oneself and support; to espouse.

Hitchverb

(transitive) To pull with a jerk.

‘She hitched her jeans up and then tightened her belt.’;

Wedverb

To wager, stake, bet, place a bet, make a wager.

‘I'd wed my head on that.’;

Hitchverb

(transitive) To attach, tie or fasten.

‘He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.’;

Wednoun

A pledge; a pawn.

‘Let him be ware, his neck lieth to wed [i. e., for a security].’;

Hitchverb

(informal) To marry oneself to; especially to get hitched.

Wedverb

To take for husband or for wife by a formal ceremony; to marry; to espouse.

‘With this ring I thee wed.’; ‘I saw thee first, and wedded thee.’;

Hitchverb

contraction of hitchhike, to thumb a ride.

‘to hitch a ride’;

Wedverb

To join in marriage; to give in wedlock.

‘And Adam, wedded to another Eve,Shall live with her.’;

Hitchverb

(intransitive) To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

Wedverb

Fig.: To unite as if by the affections or the bond of marriage; to attach firmly or indissolubly.

‘Thou art wedded to calamity.’; ‘Men are wedded to their lusts.’; ‘[Flowers] are wedded thus, like beauty to old age.’;

Hitchverb

(intransitive) To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; said of something obstructed or impeded.

Wedverb

To take to one's self and support; to espouse.

‘They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.’;

Hitchverb

(UK) To strike the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

Wedverb

To contact matrimony; to marry.

Hitchverb

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

‘Atoms . . . which at length hitched together.’;

Wednoun

the fourth day of the week; the third working day

Hitchverb

To move interruptedly or with halts, jerks, or steps; - said of something obstructed or impeded.

‘Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme.’; ‘To ease themselves . . . by hitching into another place.’;

Wedverb

take in marriage

Hitchverb

To hit the legs together in going, as horses; to interfere.

Wedverb

perform a marriage ceremony;

‘The minister married us on Saturday’; ‘We were wed the following week’; ‘The couple got spliced on Hawaii’;

Hitchverb

To hitchhike; - mostly used in the phrase to hitch a ride; as, he hitched his way home; he hitched a ride home.

Wedadjective

having been taken in marriage

Hitchverb

To hook; to catch or fasten as by a hook or a knot; to make fast, unite, or yoke; as, to hitch a horse, or a halter; hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitchverb

To move with hitches; as, he hitched his chair nearer.

Hitchnoun

A catch; anything that holds, as a hook; an impediment; an obstacle; an entanglement.

Hitchnoun

The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.

Hitchnoun

A stop or sudden halt; a stoppage; an impediment; a temporary obstruction; an obstacle; as, a hitch in one's progress or utterance; a hitch in the performance.

Hitchnoun

A sudden movement or pull; a pull up; as, the sailor gave his trousers a hitch.

Hitchnoun

A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; - intended for a temporary fastening; as, a half hitch; a clove hitch; a timber hitch, etc.

Hitchnoun

A small dislocation of a bed or vein.

Hitchnoun

a period of time spent in military service

Hitchnoun

the state of inactivity following an interruption;

‘the negotiations were in arrest’; ‘held them in check’; ‘during the halt he got some lunch’; ‘the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow’; ‘he spent the entire stop in his seat’;

Hitchnoun

an unforeseen obstacle

Hitchnoun

a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls

Hitchnoun

a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it

Hitchnoun

any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

Hitchnoun

the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

Hitchverb

to hook or entangle;

‘One foot caught in the stirrup’;

Hitchverb

walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury;

‘The old woman hobbles down to the store every day’;

Hitchverb

jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched;

‘the yung filly bucked’;

Hitchverb

travel by getting free rides from motorists

Hitchverb

connect to a vehicle:

‘hitch the trailer to the car’;