meld

/mɛld/

Other forms: melding; melded; melds

To meld is to completely combine or blend two or more things. If you meld breakfast and lunch, you get brunch. If you meld jeans and leggings, you get jeggings.

Books that are told from the perspectives of more than one character meld different narrators into one coherent story, and complicated recipes meld many different ingredients and flavors. When one thing melds into another, it loses its separate characteristics and blends slowly into the new substance. The origin of meld isn't clear, but some experts guess that it's a combination of melt and weld.

Definitions of meld

1. verb

   mix together different elements
   synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, merge, mix

   types:

   gauge

   mix in specific proportions

   absorb

   cause to become one with

   melt

   lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

   blend in, mix in

   cause (something) to be mixed with (something else)

   accrete

   grow, accumulate, or fuse together

   conjugate

   unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds

   admix

   mix or blend

   alloy

   make an alloy of

   syncretise, syncretize

   become fused

   cut in

   mix in with cutting motions

   type of:

   change integrity

   change in physical make-up
2. verb

   lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
   synonyms: melt

   type of:

   blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, merge, mix

   mix together different elements
3. noun

   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
   synonyms: basket rummy, canasta

   types:

   bolivia

   a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded

   samba

   a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers

   type of:

   rum, rummy

   a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
4. verb

   announce for a score; of cards in a card game
   type of:

   announce, denote

   make known; make an announcement