different between meld vs veld

English

Etymology 1

Blend of melt +? weld; alternatively, from English melled (“mingled; blended”), past participle of mell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld

Verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

1. (US) to combine multiple 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 [1]

Synonyms

• conflate

Related terms

• melt
• weld

Translations

Etymology 2

Probably borrowed from Dutch or German melden (“to report, announce”). Compare cognate Middle English melden (“to call out, accuse”), from Old English meldian (“to declare, announce, tell”).

Verb

meld (third-person singular simple present melds, present participle melding, simple past and past participle melded)

1. In card games, especially of the rummy family, to announce or display a combination of cards.

Translations

Noun

meld (plural melds)

1. A combination of cards which is melded.

Translations

References

• “meld”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Danish

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melde

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?lt

Verb

meld

1. first-person singular present indicative of melden
2. imperative of melden

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melde

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse meldr.

Alternative forms

• melder m

Noun

meld m (definite singular melden, indefinite plural meldar, definite plural meldane)

1. grinding, crushing
2. an amount of grain that is to be milled
3. an amount of flour that returns from the mill

Related terms

• mala, male (to grind, crush)
• mjøl n

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Participle

meld (neuter singular meldt, definite singular and plural melde)

1. past participle of melde

Verb

meld

1. imperative of melda and melde

References

• “meld” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• veldt

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, from Dutch veld, veldt (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *fulþuz, *felþ?. Doublet of field.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?lt/, /v?ld/, /f?lt/

Noun

veld (plural velds)

1. The open pasture land or grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries.
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage 1998, p. 79:

     Pale yellow and greyish brown, the bare veld of late summer lay flat and listless under the drab sky.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 11:

     From an early age, I spent most of my free time in the veld playing and fighting with the other boys of the village.

Related terms

• Highveld
• Lowveld

Derived terms

• bushveld
• grassveld
• sandveld
• sweetveld
• sourveld
• thornveld

Translations

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch veld, from Middle Dutch velt, from Old Dutch feld, felt, from Proto-Germanic *felþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?-.

Noun

veld (plural velde, diminutive veldjie)

1. A field, open country
2. A patch or grass and/or other small plants
3. The veld, the open grassland of South Africa and neighboring countries
4. A sports field.

Derived terms

• grasveld

Descendants

• ? English: veld

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch velt, from Old Dutch felt, from Proto-Germanic *felþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?lt/
• Hyphenation: veld
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

veld n (plural velden, diminutive veldje n)

1. A field, open country.
2. An agricultural field.

   Synonym: akker

3. A patch or grass and/or other small plants.
4. The field, geographical theatre where warriors operate, especially in battle.
5. A sports field.
6. A subject field, domain of knowledge, in particular an academic field.
7. (physics) A field (physical phenomenon pervading an area).

Derived terms

- military

- sports

Descendants

• Afrikaans: veld
  • ? English: veld

Middle English

Noun

veld

1. Alternative form of feeld