meld

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  1. transitive verb 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.
  2. intransitive verb To present a meld.
  3. noun A combination of cards to be declared for a score.
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  • The more complete contact brings our minds together, and the meld is dizzying. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 06 - June 1996
  • Later I learned that this activity had to do with enlisting other members in what I came to call a meld, intending to seek out the proper term at a later date. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 05 - May 2002
  • No doubt there was a scientific term for what I called a meld. —  F ;SF; - vol 102 issue 05 - May 2002
  • ; Urza glanced toward the classroom's main sketchboard, covered with a script Barrin recognized as a meld of ancient Thran and the modern Argivian used as the Academy standard. —  Loren L
  • And then they seemed to meld, to flow together, as though they'd kissed a thousand times before. —  EQMM, Sep - Oct 2006
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Probably German melden, to announce, from Middle High German, from Old High German meldōn.
  2. Perhaps blend of melt and weld1.

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  1. German melden, mention, announce.
  2. meld, v.
 

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