meld

1. 1.

   announce for a score; of cards in a card game

   Broaderannounce
2. 2.

   lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

   “Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene”

   Synonymsmelt

   Broaderblend
3. 3.

   mix together different elements

   “The colors blend well”

   Synonymsblendfluxmixconflatecommingleimmixfusecoalescecombinemerge

   Broaderchange integrity

   Narrowergaugeabsorbmeltblend inaccreteconjugateadmixalloysyncretize

1. 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

   Synonymscanastabasket rummy

   Broaderrummy

   Narrowerboliviasamba

Other forms of meld

plural

melds·

past tense

melded·

present participle

melding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about meld

What does meld mean?

meld means "announce for a score; of cards in a card game". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in meld?

meld has 1 syllable: meld. In IPA it is /ˈmɛld/.

What is another word for meld?

Close synonyms include melt, blend, flux, mix, conflate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is meld a common word?

meld is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.