meld
verbEtymology
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”))
- borrowed from melden — “to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”
Definitions
To combine (multiple things) together
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.
To combine, to blend, to fuse.
The result of multiple things being combined together
The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend.
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Especially in games of the rummy family
Especially in games of the rummy family:
The neighborhood
- neighbormeldometer
- neighbormelt
- neighborweld
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for meld. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA