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Mended vs Melded - What's the difference?

mended | melded |

As verbs the difference between mended and melded

is that mended is past tense of mend while melded is past tense of meld.

mended

English

Verb

(head)
  • (mend)

    • mend

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
  • The act of repairing.
    • My trousers have a big rip in them and need a mend .

    Derived terms

    * on the mend

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine.
    • My trousers have a big rip in them and need mending .
    When your car breaks down, you can take it to the garage to have it mended .
  • To alter for the better; to set right; to reform; hence, to quicken; as, to mend one's manners or pace.
    • Her stutter was mended by a speech therapist.
    My broken heart was mended .
  • * Sir W. Temple
    • The best service they could do the state was to mend the lives of the persons who composed it.
  • To help, to advance, to further; to add to.
  • * Mortimer
    • Though in some lands the grass is but short, yet it mends garden herbs and fruit.
  • * Shakespeare
    • You mend the jewel by wearing it.
  • To grow better; to advance to a better state; to become improved.

    • Derived terms

    * mend one's pace
    Synonyms
    * See also

    Related terms

    * amend * mend

    External links

    * * * English ergative verbs

    melded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (meld)

    • 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)
  • (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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