Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To declare or display (a card or combination of cards in a hand) for inclusion in one's score in various card games, such as pinochle.
- v. To present a meld.
- n. A combination of cards to be declared for a score.
- v. To cause to merge: "a professional position that seemed to meld all his training” ( Art Jahnke).
- v. To become merged.
- n. A blend or merger: "a meld of diverse ethnic stocks” ( Kenneth L. Woodward).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In penuchle, to announce (any counting combination in the hand), such as sequence in trumps, 150; in card-games in general, to declare.
- n. In penuchle, the announcement of any counting combination in the hand: as, a meld of 60 queens; in cardgames in general, a declaration.
Wiktionary
- v. US to combine two similar objects into one
- v. In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
- n. A combination of cards which is melded.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. (Card Playing) In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score.
- v. to mix together so that the components are indistinguishable.
- n. (Card Playing) Any combination or score which may be declared, or melded, in pinochle.
- n. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and dueces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank.
WordNet 3.0
- v. mix together different elements
- v. lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
- v. announce for a score; of cards in a card game
- n. 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
Etymologies
- Probably from Dutch melden ("report, announce"). (Wiktionary)
- Probably German melden, to announce, from Middle High German, from Old High German meldōn.Perhaps blend of melt and weld1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“To meld is to blend together, like the cheese and the grilled onion in a patty meld ...”
“I used to believe in meld until people disabused me of the notion.”
“To meld is also to lay down a set or run in Pinochle.”
“Knowing how well the model would work without the unique qualities of Clinton and Magaziner and their peculiar mind-meld is harder.”
“You know this genre/lit fic meld is dear to my heart, so he won me over almost immediately.”
“Never really thought about it before, but Spock’s mind meld is probably the only other usage I’veheard.”
“Worldmind tells him that it will wake him if he is needed, but unfortunately, the nature of their meld is a little unique.”
“A meld is a set of three or more cards constituting a set of the same rank, or a sequence of the same suit.”
“Forcing a meld is an unforgivable invasion of the spirit.”
“So, anyway, as I say, those four storylines all kind of meld together in the heat of the American Revolution.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘meld’.
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List of terms used in the card game pinochle, beginning with meld and trick.
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Tweets
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