different between meld vs join

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)

1. (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)

1. In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.

Translations

Noun

meld (plural melds)

1. A combination of cards which is melded.

Translations

References

• “meld”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Danish

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melde

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt

Verb

meld

1. first-person singular present indicative of melden
2. imperative of melden

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

meld

1. 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)

1. grinding, crushing
2. an amount of grain that is to be milled
3. 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)

1. past participle of melde

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melda and melde

References

• “meld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• joyn, joyne, joyen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English joinen, joynen, joignen, from Old French joindre, juindre, jungre, from Latin iung? (“join, yoke”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, unite”). Cognate with Old English iucian, iugian, ?eocian, ?y??an (“to join; yoke”). More at yoke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???n/
• Rhymes: -??n
• Hyphenation: join

Noun

join (plural joins)

1. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
2. (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
3. (computing) The act of joining something, such as a network.
4. (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ?.

Antonyms

• (lowest upper bound): meet

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

join (third-person singular simple present joins, present participle joining, simple past and past participle joined)

1. (transitive) To connect or combine into one; to put together.

2. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
3. (transitive) To come into the company of.
4. (transitive) To become a member of.
5. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.

6. To unite in marriage.
7. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
   • 1527 (originally published, quote is from a later edition), William Tyndale, The Obedience of a Christian Man

     They join them penance, as they call it.

8. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (to combine more than one item into one): bewed, connect, fay, unite; see also Thesaurus:join

Translations

References

• join on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Nijo

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• yoin

Etymology

From Latin ?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /join/

Numeral

join (plural joina)

1. one

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

join

1. first-person singular indicative past of juoda

Etymology 2

Noun

join

1. instructive plural of joki

Anagrams

• Joni, ojin