blend
Use Blend in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.
2.
to mix (various sorts or grades) in order to obtain a particular kind or quality: Blend a little red paint with the blue paint.
3.
to prepare by such mixture: This tea is blended by mixing chamomile with pekoe.
4.
to pronounce (an utterance) as a combined sequence of sounds.
verb (used without object)
5.
to mix or intermingle smoothly and inseparably: I can't get the eggs and cream to blend.
6.
to fit or relate harmoniously; accord; go: The brown sofa did not blend with the purple wall.
7.
to have no perceptible separation: Sea and sky seemed to blend.
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| the patterns of word formation in a particular language, including inflection, derivation, and composition |
| any speech sequence consisting of one or more words and preceded and followed by silence |
noun
8.
an act or manner of blending: tea of our own blend.
9.
a mixture or kind produced by blending: a special blend of rye and wheat flours.
10.
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.
11.
a sequence of two or more consonant sounds within a syllable, as the bl in blend; consonant cluster.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English blenden, Old English blendan to mix, for blandan; cognate with Old Norse blanda, Old High German blantan to mix
1250–1300; Middle English blenden, Old English blendan to mix, for blandan; cognate with Old Norse blanda, Old High German blantan to mix
Related forms
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
Synonyms
1. compound. See mix. 1, 5. mingle, commingle, combine, amalgamate, unite. 5. coalesce. 8, 9. combination, amalgamation.
1. compound. See mix. 1, 5. mingle, commingle, combine, amalgamate, unite. 5. coalesce. 8, 9. combination, amalgamation.
Antonyms
1, 5. separate.
1, 5. separate.
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blend (blɛnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to mix or mingle (components) together thoroughly |
| 2. | (tr) to mix (different grades or varieties of tea, whisky, tobacco, etc) to produce a particular flavour, consistency, etc |
| 3. | (intr) to look good together; harmonize |
| 4. | (intr) (esp of colours) to shade imperceptibly into each other |
| —n | |
| 5. | a mixture or type produced by blending |
| 6. | the act of blending |
| 7. | 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" |
| [Old English blandan; related to blendan to deceive, Old Norse blanda, Old High German blantan] | |
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Word Origin & History
blend
c.1300, in northern writers, from O.E. (Mercian) blondan or O.N. blanda "to mix," or a combination of both; perhaps from P.Gmc. *blandjan "to blind," via a connecting notion of "to make cloudy," from PIE base *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach). Cf. Lith. blandus
"troubled, turbid, thick;" O.C.S. blesti "to go astray." Related: Blended.
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Example sentences
Chameleons are famous for their ability to change their skin color to blend in with their surroundings.
After awhile the students all blend together and/or you recognize certain types.
Master and tool will blend to become a new life form.
For the spicy sauce, blend all of the ingredients together and serve on the side.
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