meld
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meld¹
- /mɛld/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛld
Where it comes from
The verb is probably derived:
* from a blend of melt + weld; or
* from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell.
The noun is derived from the verb.
Compare also melting pot.
verb melds · melding · melded
- To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse. One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
- To combine, to blend, to fuse.
noun melds
- The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend.
meld²
- /mɛld/ US, UK
Rhymes with -ɛld
Where it comes from
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”))
verb melds · melding · melded
- To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.
- To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.
noun melds
- Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle; […]
