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)
- 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 present | mindmelds |
|---|---|
| present participle | mindmelding |
| past participle | mindmelded |
| past | mindmelded |
| alternative form | mind-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.
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