verb (used with object),blend·ed or (Literary) 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.
Phonetics. to pronounce (an utterance) as a combined sequence of sounds.
verb (used without object),blend·ed or (Literary) 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.
Phonetics. a sequence of two or more consonant sounds within a syllable, as the bl in blend; consonant cluster.
Verb Phrases
blend in,to escape attention by looking or acting like other members of a group or like the surrounding environment: tourists who try to blend in with the locals;salamanders that blend in with mossy surfaces.
Origin of blend
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English blenden (the first e not satisfactorily explained) “to mix”; akin to Old English blandan “to mix”; cognate with or partially derived from the Old Norse verb blanda (from the present stem blend- ), Old High German blantan “to mix”
Half lemonade, half cold brew, this blend is one of those combinations your taste buds won’t be able to make sense of until they’ve tried it.
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Rhodes and his colleagues are working with a manufacturer of coronavirus test kits to make the fiber wicks that siphon saliva samples into a blend of testing reagents.
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While these A’s look similar to that group, maybe this time, with this blend, outcomes will be different.
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This will make the smallest number in the range red, the largest number green, and anything in between a blend.
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Proenza Schouler’s $100 masks come in materials such as a silk-viscose blend satin and a nylon-cotton gingham print, though both are sold out.
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There are a lot of people who go back and forth now and blend both approaches into their work.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
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.
Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the Cinnabattleship|Harley Morenstein|July 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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.
Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot
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 worda 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