What does "blend" mean?
A mixture of two or more things.
Blend
/blɛnd/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A mixture of two or more things.
- Grammar: blend is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: accord, adapt, add, addition.
- Useful contrasts: environmental isolate, isolated learners, isolated teaching.
- Usage evidence: The sky seemed to blend with the sea.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A mixture of two or more things.
"Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal."
- 2 the act of blending components together thoroughly wordnet
- 3 A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
"Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English. That is, none occur in Old or Middle English, nor even in Elizabethan English, with the earliest known example being the rare and now obsolete term tomaxe, a blend of tomahawk and axe."
- 4 a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings wordnet
- 5 an occurrence of thorough mixing wordnet
Verb
- 1 To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other. transitive
"To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic."
- 2 mix together different elements wordnet
- 3 To be mingled or mixed. intransitive
"There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality."
- 4 combine into one wordnet
- 5 To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. obsolete
"These stormes, which now his beauty blend, Shall turn to calmes."
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- 6 blend or harmonize wordnet
Antonyms
environmental isolateisolated learnersisolated teachingseparate activities
Example
"The sky seemed to blend with the sea."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "blend"?
Common synonyms include: accord, adapt, add, addition, admix, admixture.
How do you use "blend" in a sentence?
The sky seemed to blend with the sea.
How do you pronounce "blend"?
Pronounced /blɛnd/.
Etymology
From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti, “to go astray”).