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Meads vs Melds - What's the difference?

meads | melds |

As a noun meads

is plural of mead.

As a verb melds is

third-person singular of meld.

meads

English

Noun

(head)
  • * 1954 , , Chapter IX
    • On this side of the River they passed forests of great reeds, so tall that they shut out all view to the west ... Here and there through openings Frodo could catch sudden glimpses of rolling meads , and far beyond them hills in the sunset ...

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    melds

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (meld)

    • meld

    English

    Etymology 1

    Possibly a portmanteau of “melt” and “weld”; alternatively, from English “melled” (“blended”), from (etyl) meller (“to mix”).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) to combine two 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 [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/27/world/africa/27safrica.html?_r=1&oref=login]
    Related terms
    * melt * weld
    Synonyms
    * conflate

    Etymology 2

    Probably from (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A combination of cards which is melded.
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