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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to announce and display (a counting combination of cards in the hand) for a score.
noun
2.
the act of melding.
3.
any combination of cards to be melded.
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Meld
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Origin:
1895–1900; < German melden to announce; akin to Middle English melden, Old English meldian to make known
1895–1900; < German melden to announce; akin to Middle English melden, Old English meldian to make known
Example Sentences
- He explained how he looks at birds to see how colors meld on their plumage.
- The result is a powerful meld of mechanical engineering and electrophysiology.
- Its food and ownership also meld old and new, traditional and innovative.
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Word Origin & History
meld
1939, probably verb use of melled "mingled, blended," pp. of dial. mell "to mingle, blend," from M.E. mellen, from O.Fr. melder, variant of mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Original reference is to whiskey-making. Related: Melded; melding.
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MELD definition
A concurrent, object-oriented, dataflow, modular and fault-tolerant language! MELD is comparable to SR.
["MELDing Multiple Granularities of Parallelism", G. Kaiser et al, ECOOP '89, pp. 147-166, Cambridge U Press 1989].
(1994-11-11)
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