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melding

melding is the present participle and gerund of meld.

Meaning of meld

Verb (1)

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

  1. (transitive) To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
    • One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
    Synonyms:
    conflate, merge
  2. (intransitive) To combine, to blend, to fuse.

Verb (2)

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

  1. (transitive) To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.
  2. (intransitive) To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.

See all 6 meanings of meld

Noun

melding (plural meldings)

  1. A composite or hybrid, the result of being melded.
    • Cross-cultural meldings of Eastern and Western dance styles and aesthetics must have been unusual and perhaps somewhat exotic when the Saeko Ichinohe Dance Company was founded in 1970.2008 March 31, Roslyn Sulcas, “Japanese Traditions on the Move”, in New York Times

Forms of melding

pluralmeldings

Origin of melding

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From meld + -ing.

Words that rhyme with melding

Questions about melding

What does melding mean?
Melding means a composite or hybrid, the result of being melded.
What is melding the present participle and gerund of?
Melding is the present participle and gerund of meld.
What part of speech is melding?
Melding is a noun.
What is the plural of melding?
The plural of melding is meldings.

Words near melding in the dictionary

  1. meld
  2. meldable
  3. melded
  4. melder
  5. melders
  6. melding
  7. meldings
  8. Meldola's blue
  9. meldometer
  10. meldometers
  11. Meldon

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