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