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1. A form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank
   - canasta, basket rummy

1. Announce for a score; of cards in a card game
    
2. Lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually
   "Hundreds of actors were melding into the scene"
   - melt
    
3. Add together different elements
   "The colours meld well"
   - blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, combine, merge

Derived forms: melded, melding, melds

Type of: announce, change integrity, denote, rum, rummy

Encyclopedia: Meld