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meld

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WOTD – 27 May 2023

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Etymology 1

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The verb is probably derived:

The noun is derived from the verb.[2]

Compare also melting pot.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse. [from early 20th c.]
    Synonyms: conflate, merge
    One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
  2. (intransitive) To combine, to blend, to fuse.
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Translations
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to combine, to blend, to fuse — see combine,‎ blend,‎ fuse

Noun

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meld (plural melds)

  1. (originally US) The result of multiple things being combined together; a blend. [from late 20th c.]
    Synonym: combination
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result of multiple things being combined together — see blend

Etymology 2

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Three melds (etymology 2, noun sense) played in a game of gin rummy.

The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”),[3] 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.[4]

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

  1. Especially in games of the rummy family: [from late 19th c.]
    1. (transitive) To announce or play (a combination of playing cards) and thus score points.
    2. (intransitive) To announce or play a combination of playing cards and thus score points.
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Noun

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meld (plural melds)

  1. (card games) Especially in games of the rummy family: a combination of playing cards which is announced or played to score points. [from late 19th c.]
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  1. ^ “meld, v.3”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “meld1, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “meld, n.2”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “meld1, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  3. ^ “meld, v.2”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “melt2, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  4. ^ “meld, n.1”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022; “meld2, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

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Danish

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Verb

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meld

  1. imperative of melde

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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meld

  1. inflection of melden:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

German

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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meld

  1. singular imperative of melden

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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meld

  1. imperative of melde

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse meldr.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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meld m (definite singular melden, indefinite plural meldar, definite plural meldane)

  1. grinding, crushing
  2. an amount of grain that is to be milled
  3. an amount of flour that returns from the mill
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

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meld (neuter singular meldt, definite singular and plural melde)

  1. past participle of melde

Verb

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meld

  1. imperative of melda and melde

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