Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be âsatanic.â However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BLEND
blend, blending
(noun) the act of blending components together thoroughly
blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau
(noun) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; ââsmogâ is a blend of âsmokeâ and âfogââ; ââmotelâ is a portmanteau word made by combining âmotorâ and âhotelââ; ââbrunchâ is a well-known portmanteauâ
blend
(noun) an occurrence of thorough mixing
blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
(verb) mix together different elements; âThe colors blend wellâ
blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle
(verb) combine into one; âblend the nuts and raisins togetherâ; âhe blends in with the crowdâ; âWe donât intermingle muchâ
blend, go, blend in
(verb) blend or harmonize; âThis flavor will blend with those in your dishâ; âThis sofa wonât go with the chairsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
blend (plural blends)
A mixture of two or more things.
(linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
Synonyms
• (mixture): combination, mix, mixture
• (in linguistics): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau word
Verb
blend (third-person singular simple present blends, present participle blending, simple past and past participle (poetic) blent or blended)
(transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
(intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
(obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
Synonyms
• (to mix; to unite intimately): See also homogenize and mix
Anagrams
• L-bend
Source: Wiktionary
Blend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or Blent; p. pr. & vb. n. Blending.] Etym: [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. Percival.
2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] Spenser.
Syn.
– To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
Blend, v. i.
Definition: To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality. Irving.
Blend, n.
Definition: A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
Blend, v. t. Etym: [AS. blendan, from blind blind. See Blind, a.]
Definition: To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; âthe directionality of written English is from left to rightâ
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