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mindmeld

mindmeld verb: to form a mind meld; to create a deep connection with someone, as though combining into a single mind.

Verb

mindmeld (third-person singular simple present mindmelds, present participle mindmelding, simple past and past participle mindmelded)

  1. (colloquial) To form a mind meld; to create a deep connection with someone, as though combining into a single mind.
    • Besides, the old Social Bandit has been soft on Wasps since the moonshot, when he mindmelded with the astronauts.1993, Norman Mailer, “The Trouble With Harry”, in John Leonard, editor, The Last Innocent White Man in America, and Other Writings, New York, N.Y.: The New Press, →ISBN, page 189
    • We are now deep into jury selection, eight days in court huddled at the table with our jury consultant, trying to mindmeld with strangers whose names have been churned out from computerized voter lists and drivers' license records at DMV.2005, Steve Martini, Double Tap, Coalville, Leicestershire: Charnwood, published 2006, →ISBN, page 295

Forms of mindmeld

third-person singular presentmindmelds
present participlemindmelding
past participlemindmelded
pastmindmelded
alternative formmind-meld

Origin of mindmeld

Compound of mind + meld, originally from the Star Trek franchise.

Words formed from mindmeld

Questions about mindmeld

What does mindmeld mean?
Mindmeld means to form a mind meld; to create a deep connection with someone, as though combining into a single mind.
What part of speech is mindmeld?
Mindmeld is a verb.
What is the past tense of mindmeld?
The past tense of mindmeld is mindmelded.

Words near mindmeld in the dictionary

  1. mindly
  2. mindmap
  3. mindmapped
  4. mindmapping
  5. mindmaps
  6. mindmeld
  7. mindmelded
  8. mindmelding
  9. mindmelds
  10. mindnumbing
  11. mindnumbingly

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