Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to meld
Participle: melded
Gerund: melding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | meld |
| you | meld |
| he;she;it | melds |
| we | meld |
| you | meld |
| they | meld |
Perfect
| I | have melded |
| you | have melded |
| he;she;it | has melded |
| we | have melded |
| you | have melded |
| they | have melded |
Past
| I | melded |
| you | melded |
| he;she;it | melded |
| we | melded |
| you | melded |
| they | melded |
Pluperfect
| I | had melded |
| you | had melded |
| he;she;it | had melded |
| we | had melded |
| you | had melded |
| they | had melded |
Future
| I | will meld |
| you | will meld |
| he;she;it | will meld |
| we | will meld |
| you | will meld |
| they | will meld |
Future Perfect
| I | will have melded |
| you | will have melded |
| he;she;it | will have melded |
| we | will have melded |
| you | will have melded |
| they | will have melded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | meld |
| you | meld |
| he;she;it | meld |
| we | meld |
| you | meld |
| they | meld |
Perfect
| I | have melded |
| you | have melded |
| he;she;it | have melded |
| we | have melded |
| you | have melded |
| they | have melded |
Imperfect
| I | melded |
| you | melded |
| he;she;it | melded |
| we | melded |
| you | melded |
| they | melded |
Pluperfect
| I | had melded |
| you | had melded |
| he;she;it | had melded |
| we | had melded |
| you | had melded |
| they | had melded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would meld |
| you | would meld |
| he;she;it | would meld |
| we | would meld |
| you | would meld |
| they | would meld |
Perfect
| I | would have melded |
| you | would have melded |
| he;she;it | would have melded |
| we | would have melded |
| you | would have melded |
| they | would have melded |
Imperative
| you | meld |
| we | Let's meld |
| you | meld |
Verbs conjugated like 'meld'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'meld'
eld,
geld,
meed,
mele,
mell,
melt,
mend,
mold,
teld,
weld,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to join into a single mass or whole
- agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, blend, coalesce, conflate, embody, fuse, integrate, mass, merge, unite
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The verb is probably derived:
2. * from a blend of melt + weld; or
3. * from melled (“blended; mingled”), the past participle of mell.
4. The noun is derived from the verb.
5. Compare also melting pot.
Sample Sentences
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One can meld copper and zinc together to form brass.
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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. [2018 June 5, Michael Wines, “Song awakens injured pride of Afrikaners”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:]
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Users can upload an unlimited number of voice messages, text prompts, photographs and videos of themselves, and in return an algorithm melds together memories and media and spits out a “virtual you” – an avatar that can speak to loved ones on phone calls and through text messages “so that children, grandchildren and beyond can know what you’re really like”. [2025 March 5, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer:]