blend

[ blend ]

/ blɛnd /

verb (used with object), blend·ed or blent, blend·ing.

to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.

to mix (various sorts or grades) in order to obtain a particular kind or quality: Blend a little red paint with the blue paint.

to prepare by such mixture: This tea is blended by mixing chamomile with pekoe.

to pronounce (an utterance) as a combined sequence of sounds.

verb (used without object), blend·ed or blent, blend·ing.

to mix or intermingle smoothly and inseparably: I can't get the eggs and cream to blend.

to fit or relate harmoniously; accord; go: The brown sofa did not blend with the purple wall.

to have no perceptible separation: Sea and sky seemed to blend.

noun

an act or manner of blending: tea of our own blend.

a mixture or kind produced by blending: a special blend of rye and wheat flours.

Linguistics. a word made by putting together parts of other words, as motel, made from motor and hotel, brunch, from breakfast and lunch, or guesstimate, from guess and estimate.

a sequence of two or more consonant sounds within a syllable, as the bl in blend; consonant cluster.

Origin of blend

1250–1300; Middle English blenden, Old English blendan to mix, for blandan; cognate with Old Norse blanda, Old High German blantan to mix

SYNONYMS FOR blend

1 compound. See mix.

1, 5 mingle, commingle, combine, amalgamate, unite.

5 coalesce.

8, 9 combination, amalgamation.

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ANTONYMS FOR blend

1, 5 separate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM blend

non·blend·ed, adjective non·blend·ing, adjective, noun re·blend, verb, re·blend·ed or re·blent, re·blend·ing. un·blend·ed, adjective

well-blend·ed, adjective

Words nearby blend

bleeper, bleeping, blellum, blemish, blench, blend, blende, blended family, blended learning, blended whiskey, blender

Example sentences from the Web for blend

There are a lot of people who go back and forth now and blend both approaches into their work.

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Other times, the traffickers tried to blend in with the migrants and refugees.

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I loved his blend of Native American realism with just a touch of surrealism.

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What if we need men who can kill, sure, but who can also build and blend in and bridge gaps?

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Add chocolate milk, vodka, whiskey, ice in blender and blend.

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I felt that those two hearts should be left to beat and to blend alone.

The Caxtons, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
I shall lie flat upon my back and float, and I'll blend with the water.

The Masters of the Peaks |Joseph A. Altsheler
These leaves were so tightly pressed together that they seemed to blend and form a mat or cluster of rosettes.

Seraphita |Honore de Balzac
There only remains Florizel, whose attitude 24 towards wedlock is a blend of that of Bayard and Claudian.

Modern marriage and how to bear it |Maud Churton Braby
It has no fixed gods; they are changeable like the things themselves; they blend one into another.

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British Dictionary definitions for blend

blend

/ (blɛnd) /

verb

to mix or mingle (components) together thoroughly

(tr) to mix (different grades or varieties of tea, whisky, tobacco, etc) to produce a particular flavour, consistency, etc

(intr) to look good together; harmonize

(intr) (esp of colours) to shade imperceptibly into each other

noun

a mixture or type produced by blending

the act of blending

Also called: portmanteau word a word formed by joining together the beginning and the end of two other words "brunch" is a blend of "breakfast" and "lunch"

Word Origin for blend

Old English blandan; related to blendan to deceive, Old Norse blanda, Old High German blantan

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blend

verb (used with object), blend·ed or blent, blend·ing.

verb (used without object), blend·ed or blent, blend·ing.

noun

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blend

verb (used with object), blend·ed or blent, blend·ing.

verb (used without object), blend·ed or blent, blend·ing.

noun

Origin of blend

SYNONYMS FOR blend

ANTONYMS FOR blend

OTHER WORDS FROM blend

Words nearby blend

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