Blending
//ˈblɛndɪŋ// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act or result of something being blended.
"blendings of old and new"
- 2 the act of blending components together thoroughly wordnet
- 3 a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of blend form-of, gerund, participle, present
"Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them."
Example
More examples"I tried this and that, blending yellow with white powders and obtaining brown, mixing crystals with powders and getting dust, combining liquids with solids and making mud."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English blendinge, equivalent to blend + -ing.
Etymology 2
From blend + -ing. Cognate with Faroese blending (“mixture, crossing”).
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