different between meld vs mingle

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

Etymology

From earlier mingil, mengle, from Middle English menglen, equivalent to ming +? -le. Cognate with Dutch mengen (“to mingle, mix”), German mengen (“to mingle, mix”). More at ming.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??.??l/
• Rhymes: -????l

Verb

mingle (third-person singular simple present mingles, present participle mingling, simple past and past participle mingled)

1. (transitive) To intermix; to combine or join, as an individual or part, with other parts, but commonly so as to be distinguishable in the product

   Synonyms: confuse, confound
2. (transitive) To associate or unite in a figurative way, or by ties of relationship
3. to cause or allow to intermarry
4. to intermarry.
5. (transitive) To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, The Necessity of Universal Obedience

     a mingled, imperfect virtue

6. (transitive) To make or prepare by mixing the ingredients of.

   • [He] proceeded to mingle another draught.

7. (transitive, obsolete) To put together; to join.
8. (intransitive) To become mixed or blended.
9. (intransitive) To socialize with different people at a social event.
   • 2009, Jane Buckingham, The Modern Girl's Guide to Life

     And allow a bit of a cocktail hour before the meal so that when your guests arrive, you have time to mingle before you step into the kitchen.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• bemingle
• commingle
• mingler
• overmingle
• undermingle
• unmingle

Translations

Noun

mingle (plural mingles)

1. (obsolete) A mixture.
2. The act of informally meeting numerous people in a group
   • 2019, Sally Lou Oaks Loveman, Speak: Love Your Story, Your Audience Is Waiting

     When speakers engage their audiences before they speak with a quick mingle and keep the engagement going throughout the speech, the access point for fear is cut off because there is no silence.

Related terms

• among
• mongrel

Anagrams

• Leming, leming