1. Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
   "Hundreds of actors were melding into the scene";
   - melt
    
2. Unite, join or come together forming one object or mixture
   "The chef melded different flavours in the sauce";
   - blend, mix, commingle, immix [archaic], fuse, coalesce, combine, merge
    
3. Announce for a score; of cards in a card game
   "She melded her set of kings"

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
   "Their family game night often featured intense rounds of meld";
   - canasta, basket rummy

Derived forms: melds, melding, melded

Type of: announce, change integrity, denote, rum, rummy

Encyclopedia: Meld