meld

English

Etymology 1

Blend of melt +‎ weld; alternatively, from English melled (“mingled; blended”), past participle of mell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛld/
• Rhymes: -ɛld

Verb

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

1. (US) to combine multiple similar objects into one

   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. - The New York Times, 26/02/2007 [1]

Synonyms

• conflate

Related terms

• melt
• weld

Translations

to combine multiple similar objects into one

• Dutch: lassen (nl), wellen (nl)
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• Finnish: sulauttaa, yhdistää (fi)

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to report, announce”). Compare cognate Middle English melden (“to call out, accuse”), from Old English meldian (“to declare, announce, tell”).

Verb

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

1. In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.

Translations

To announce or display a combination of cards

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Noun

meld (plural melds)

1. A combination of cards which is melded.

Translations

A melded combination of cards

• Burmese: အထွေ (my) (a.htwe)
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Danish

Verb

meld

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of melde

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Verb

meld

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of melden
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of melden

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

meld

1. (deprecated template usage) imperative of melde

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melda