meld
    n 1: 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 [syn: canasta, basket rummy, meld]
    v 1: announce for a score; of cards in a card game
    2: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually;
       "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" [syn:
       melt, meld]
    3: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
       [syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
       immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

Meld \Meld\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Melded; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Melding.] [G. melden to announce.] (Card Playing)
   In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score;
   as, to meld a sequence. [WordNet sense 1]
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. to mix together so that the components are
      indistinguishable. [WordNet sense 2]

   Syn: blend, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce,
        combine, merge.
        [WordNet 1.5]

meld \meld\, n. (Card Playing)
   1. Any combination or score which may be declared, or melded,
      in pinochle.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. A form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers
      and dueces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven
      of the same rank.

   Syn: canasta, basket rummy.
        [WordNet 1.5]

MELD

   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)