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| meld [ meld ] |
transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle meld·ed, present participle meld·ing, 3rd person present singular melds) |
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show hand of cards: in games such as canasta or pinochle, to show or declare some or all of a hand of cards in order to score points
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noun (plural melds) |
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hand of shown or declared cards: in games such as canasta or pinochle, a hand of cards that are shown or declared in order to score points, or an act of showing or declaring these cards
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| [Late 19th century. < German melden "announce"] |
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