Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
The verb is probably derived: * from a blend of melt + weld; or * from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare also melting pot.
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The verb is probably derived: * from a blend of melt + weld; or * from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell. The noun is derived from the verb. Compare also melting pot.
Much as America's motto celebrates melding many into one, South Africa's says that it doesn't matter what you look like – we can all be proud of our young country.2018 June 5, Michael Wines, “Song awakens injured pride of Afrikaners”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:
One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
Users can upload an unlimited number of voice messages, text prompts, photographs and videos of themselves, and in return an algorithm melds together memories and media and spits out a “virtual you” – an avatar that can speak to loved ones on phone calls and through text messages “so that children, grandchildren and beyond can know what you’re really like”.2025 March 5, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer:
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| melded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| melded | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| melds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| melding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
meldable · melded · mindmeld · unmelded · melding · melder
melt · meldometer · weld
fi yhdistää (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · mk ме́ша (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · fi sulauttaa (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · pl zlepiać (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · nl samensmelten (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · bg смесвам (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · mk сто́пи (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · pl zlepić (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · pl połączyć (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · pl łączyć (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · mk спо́и (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse) · nl versmelten (to combine (multiple things) together — see also blend, fuse)
The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch melden * Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”))
The realization that Istra was in the room made him forget most of his melds at pinochle; […]1914 February, Sinclair Lewis, “He is Blown by the Whirlwind”, in Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 231:
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pl połączenie (combination of playing cards announced or played to score points) · fi pöytäys (combination of playing cards announced or played to score points) · ja 役 (combination of playing cards announced or played to score points) · nl roem (combination of playing cards announced or played to score points) · my အထွေ (combination of playing cards announced or played to score points)
The verb is probably borrowed from Dutch melden (“to announce; to let (someone) know, report; (specifically) to declare in a card game”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn (“to announce, declare; to inform”), and Proto-Indo-European *meldʰ- (“to ask; to pray; to speak”). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates * Dutch melden * Old English meldian (“to announce, declare; to inform, notify”) (Middle English melden (“to accuse, inform against; to announce, declare”))
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| melds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| melding | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| melded | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| melded | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
cs hlásit ((transitive) to announce or play (a combination of cards); (intransitive) to announce or play a combination of playing cards) · nl roemen ((transitive) to announce or play (a combination of cards); (intransitive) to announce or play a combination of playing cards) · pl połączyć ((transitive) to announce or play (a combination of cards); (intransitive) to announce or play a combination of playing cards) · pl łączyć ((transitive) to announce or play (a combination of cards); (intransitive) to announce or play a combination of playing cards) · fi pöydätä ((transitive) to announce or play (a combination of cards); (intransitive) to announce or play a combination of playing cards) · bg свалям ((transitive) to announce or play (a combination of cards); (intransitive) to announce or play a combination of playing cards)