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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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 [syn: canasta, basket rummy, meld] v
1: announce for a score; of cards in a card game
2: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [syn: melt, meld]
3: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: German melden to announce, from Old High German meld?n; akin to Old English meldian to announce, Lithuanian malda prayer Date: 1887 transitive verb to declare or announce (a card or combination of cards) for a score in a card game especially by placing face up on the table intransitive verb to declare a card or combination of cards as a meld II. noun Date: 1887 a card or combination of cards that is or can be melded in a card game III. verb Etymology: blend of melt and weld Date: 1936 merge, blend IV. noun Date: 1954 blend, mixture

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v.tr. (also absol.) (in rummy, canasta, etc.) lay down or declare (one's cards) in order to score points. --n. a completed set or run of cards in any of these games. Etymology: G melden announce 2. v.tr. & intr. orig. US merge, blend, combine. Etymology: perh. f. MELT + WELD(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meld Meld, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Melded; p. pr. & vb. n. Melding.] [G. melden to announce.] (Card Playing) In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score; as, to meld a sequence.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Meld Meld, n. (Card Playing) Any combination or score which may be declared, or melded, in pinochle.

Moby Thesaurus

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