MELD
Dictionary entry overview: What does meld mean?
• MELD (noun)
The noun MELD has 1 sense:
1. a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
Familiarity information: MELD used as a noun is very rare.
• MELD (verb)
The verb MELD has 3 senses:
1. announce for a score; of cards in a card game
2. lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
3. mix together different elements
Familiarity information: MELD used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• MELD (noun)
Meaning:
A form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
basket rummy; canasta; meld
Hypernyms ("meld" is a kind of...):
rum; rummy (a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meld"):
bolivia (a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded)
samba (a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers)
• MELD (verb)
Meaning:
Announce for a score; of cards in a card game
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "meld" is one way to...):
announce; denote (make known; make an announcement)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
meld; melt
Context example:
Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene
Hypernyms (to "meld" is one way to...):
blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix (mix together different elements)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Mix together different elements
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
fuse; conflate; immix; coalesce; mix; commingle; merge; meld; flux; blend; combine
Context example:
The colors blend well
Hypernyms (to "meld" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meld"):
alloy (make an alloy of)
admix (mix or blend)
conjugate (unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds)
accrete (grow together (of plants and organs))
blend in; mix in (cause (something) to be mixed with (something else))
meld; melt (lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually)
absorb (cause to become one with)
gauge (mix in specific proportions)
syncretise; syncretize (become fused)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
