meld
/mɛld/
meld verb: to combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
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Verb (1)
meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)
- To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
- One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
- Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like – we can all be proud of our young country.2018 June 5, Michael Wines, “Song awakens injured pride of Afrikaners”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023
- To combine, to blend, to fuse.
Noun (1)
meld (plural melds)
- The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend.
- Synonyms:
- combination
Verb (2)
meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)
- To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.
- To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.
Noun (2)
meld (plural melds)
- Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points.
- The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle; […]1914 February, Sinclair Lewis, “He is Blown by the Whirlwind”, in Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 231
meld meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Myanmar
meld in Tamil
- கரைந்து உருமாறு, ஒன்று சேர், ஒன்றாக சேர்
meld in Urdu
- ملانا, ترکیب دینا
meld in Myanmar
- combination of playing cards announced or played to score points
- အထွေ a.htwe
Examples of meld in a sentence
- The African diaspora caused a melding of cultures, both African cultures and Western ones, in many places.
- Since Leon had no meld in our last canasta hand, he went set his red threes.
- Leon made two canastas, then went out by melding treys.
Synonyms of meld
Forms of meld
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | melds |
| present participle | melding |
| past participle | melded |
| past | melded |
| Noun | |
| plural | melds |
Origin of meld
The verb is probably derived: * from a blend of melt + weld; or * from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare also melting pot.
The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch melden * Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”))
Words formed from meld
Words that rhyme with meld
Questions about meld
- What does meld mean?
- Meld means to combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
- What is meld in Tamil?
- Meld in Tamil is கரைந்து உருமாறு, ஒன்று சேர், ஒன்றாக சேர். See Meld meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is meld?
- Meld can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce meld?
- Meld is pronounced /mɛld/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of meld?
- The past tense of meld is melded.
Words near meld in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: meld (page history and authors); meld (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); meld (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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