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Meld is defined as to show playing cards, or to combine together.

(verb)

An example of meld is to show your cards for the win.
An example of meld is for a group of children to get along well.

The definition of a meld is a combination of cards shown to other players.

(noun)

An example of a meld is a display of your cards to win the game and count your score.

See meld in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Card Games to make known, for a score, that one holds (a card or combination of cards), esp. by putting them face up on the table

Origin: Ger melden, to announce, akin to OE meld, proclamation < IE base *meldh-, to address a deity > OSlav moliti, to ask

noun

the act of melding
a combination of cards melded or to be melded

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transitive verb, intransitive verb

to blend; merge; unite

Origin: merging of melt + weld

See meld in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb meld·ed, meld·ing, melds

verb, transitive

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.

verb, intransitive

To present a meld.

noun

A combination of cards to be declared for a score.

Origin:

Origin: Probably German melden, to announce

Origin: , from Middle High German

Origin: , from Old High German meldōn

verb meld·ed, meld·ing, melds

verb, transitive

To cause to merge: “a professional position that seemed to meld all his training” (Art Jahnke).

verb, intransitive

To become merged.

noun

A blend or merger: “a meld of diverse ethnic stocks” (Kenneth L. Woodward).

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps blend of melt

Origin: and weld¹

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