1. [n]  a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank
2. [v]  mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"; "fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A. Schlesinger
3. [v]  lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"
4. [v]  announce for a score; of cards in a card game

1. \Meld\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Melded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Melding}.] [G. melden to announce.] (Card Playing)
   In the game of pinochle, to declare or announce for a score;
   as, to meld a sequence.
   

2. \Meld\, n. (Card Playing)
   Any combination or score which may be declared, or melded, in
   pinochle.
   

A concurrent, object-oriented, dataflow, modular and fault-tolerant language! MELD is comparable to SR.

["MELDing Multiple Granularities of Parallelism", G. Kaiser et al, ECOOP '89, pp. 147-166, Cambridge U Press 1989].