Med vs Meld - What's the difference?
med | meld |
(informal) Medical.
(informal, chiefly, in the plural) medications, especially prescribed psychoactive medications.
(UK, dialect) may; might
* Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
(US) to combine two similar objects into one
In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.
As an abbreviation med
is (degree ) master of education.As a verb meld is
(us) to combine two similar objects into one or meld can be in card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.As a noun meld is
a combination of cards which is melded.med
English
Etymology 1
Shortened from medical.Adjective
(-)- I'm in med school.
Noun
(en noun)- He's been very strange. I wonder if he's not been taking his meds .
Etymology 2
Verb
(head)- You med be religious, or you med not, but you can't help striking in your homely note with the rest.
Anagrams
* ----meld
English
Etymology 1
Possibly a portmanteau of “melt” and “weld”; alternatively, from English “melled” (“blended”), from (etyl) meller (“to mix”).Verb
(en verb)- 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]