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meld
English
Etymology 1
Blend of melt +? weld; alternatively, from English melled (“mingled; blended”), past participle of mell.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?ld/
- Rhymes: -?ld
Verb
meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)
- (US) to combine multiple similar objects into one
- One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
- 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. - The New York Times, 26/02/2007 [1]
Synonyms
- conflate
Related terms
- melt
- weld
Translations
Etymology 2
Probably borrowed from Dutch or German melden (“to report, announce”). Compare cognate Middle English melden (“to call out, accuse”), from Old English meldian (“to declare, announce, tell”).
Verb
meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)
- In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
Translations
Noun
meld (plural melds)
- A combination of cards which is melded.
Translations
References
- “meld”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Danish
Verb
meld
- imperative of melde
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?lt
Verb
meld
- first-person singular present indicative of melden
- imperative of melden
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
meld
- imperative of melde
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse meldr.
Alternative forms
- melder m
Noun
meld m (definite singular melden, indefinite plural meldar, definite plural meldane)
- grinding, crushing
- an amount of grain that is to be milled
- an amount of flour that returns from the mill
Related terms
- mala, male (to grind, crush)
- mjøl n
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Participle
meld (neuter singular meldt, definite singular and plural melde)
- past participle of melde
Verb
meld
- imperative of melda and melde
References
- “meld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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combine
English
Etymology
From Middle French combiner, from Late Latin comb?n?re, present active infinitive of comb?n? (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + b?n? (“two by two”).
Pronunciation
- Verb
- enPR: k?m-b?n', IPA(key): /k?m?ba?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
- Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?m.ba?n/
- (US) enPR: käm'b?n, IPA(key): /?k?m.ba?n/
- Rhymes: -?mba?n
Verb
combine (third-person singular simple present combines, present participle combining, simple past and past participle combined)
- (transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
- (transitive) To have two or more things or properties that function together.
- (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
- (card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
- (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
Synonyms
- See synonyms at Thesaurus:coalesce.
Antonyms
- divide
- separate
- disunite
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
combine (plural combines)
- A combine harvester
- 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker
- When those combine wheels stops turnin'
And the hard days work is done
Theres a pub around the corner
It's the place we 'ave our fun
- When those combine wheels stops turnin'
- 1976, The Wurzels, I Am A Cider Drinker
- A combination
- Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.
- An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
- Synonym: kombinat
- (art) An artwork falling between painting and sculpture, having objects embedded into a painted surface.
- Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes with monopolistic intentions.
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Translations
Anagrams
- becomin'
Asturian
Verb
combine
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of combinar
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.bin/
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of combinaison.
Noun
combine f (plural combines)
- (colloquial) trick, scheme
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
combine
- inflection of combiner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- combien
Further reading
- “combine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Verb
combine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of combinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of combinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of combinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of combinar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kom?bine]
Verb
combine
- third-person singular present subjunctive of combina
- third-person plural present subjunctive of combina
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kom?bine/, [kõm?bi.ne]
Verb
combine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of combinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of combinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of combinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of combinar.
combine From the web:
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