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MELD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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; meld

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("meld" is a kind of...):

rum; rummy (a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meld"):

bolivia (a form of canasta in which sequences can be melded)

samba (a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers)

Derivation:

meld (announce for a score; of cards in a card game)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mix together different elements

Example:

The colors blend well

Synonyms:

blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "meld" is one way to...):

change integrity (change in physical make-up)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "meld"):

gauge (mix in specific proportions)

absorb (cause to become one with)

meld; melt (lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually)

blend in; mix in (cause (something) to be mixed with (something else))

accrete (grow together (of plants and organs))

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)

Sentence frames:

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Sense 2

Meaning:

Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

Example:

Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene

Synonyms:

meld; melt

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "meld" is one way to...):

blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix (mix together different elements)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Announce for a score; of cards in a card game

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "meld" is one way to...):

announce; denote (make known; make an announcement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

meld (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)

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