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; “‘smog’ is a blend of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’”; “‘motel’ is a portmanteau word made by combining ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’”; “‘brunch’ is a well-known portmanteau”

blend

(noun) an occurrence of thorough mixing

blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge

(verb) mix together different elements; “The colors blend well”

blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle

(verb) combine into one; “blend the nuts and raisins together”; “he blends in with the crowd”; “We don’t intermingle much”

blend, go, blend in

(verb) blend or harmonize; “This flavor will blend with those in your dish”; “This sofa won’t go with the chairs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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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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