meld

¹

[ meld ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to merge; blend.

   Synonyms: consolidate, combine, fuse, mix

noun

1. a blend.

meld

²

[ meld ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to announce and display (a counting combination of cards in the hand) for a score.

noun

1. the act of melding.
2. any combination of cards to be melded.

meld

¹

/ mɛld /

verb

1. (in some card games) to declare or lay down (cards), which then score points

noun

1. the act of melding
2. a set of cards for melding

meld

²

/ mɛld /

verb

1. to blend or become blended; combine

Word History and Origins

Origin of meld¹

1935–40; blend of melt ¹ and weld ¹

Origin of meld²

1895–1900; < German melden to announce; akin to Middle English melden, Old English meldian to make known

Word History and Origins

Origin of meld¹

C19: from German melden to announce; related to Old English meldian

Origin of meld²

C20: blend of melt + weld ¹

Example Sentences

Postwar American culture’s newfound confidence in art, which hadn’t yet generated much popular enthusiasm in the 20th century, would quickly meld with entrenched sensibilities first established by a technologically thrilling Southern California event.

From Los Angeles Times

We meet somewhere in the middle, in the universal mind meld that is true friendship.

From Los Angeles Times

We meet somewhere in the middle, in the universal mind meld that is true friendship.

From Los Angeles Times

Over the years, Link has been caught in time loops, been able to meld with walls and, most recently, completely manipulate and upend his surroundings.

From Los Angeles Times

As Elaine Godfrey of the Atlantic wrote, "The alliance was the natural culmination of a broader trend in American politics that has seen the Trumpian right meld with the vax-skeptical, anti-establishment left: Woo-woo meets MAGA, you could call it, or, perhaps, the crunch-ificiation of conservatism."

From Salon

Related Words

• fuse
• merge
• mingle