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blemishment |
blench |
blench holding |
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blend
| blend in
| blende
| blended
| blended whiskey
| blended whisky
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun blend has 3 senses
- blend(n = noun.event) Array - an occurrence of thorough mixing; Array is a kind of mix, mixture
- blend(n = noun.communication) portmanteau, portmanteau word - a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" is a kind of coinage, neologism, neology
- blend(n = noun.act) blending - the act of blending components together thoroughly; Array is a kind of combination, combining, compounding
Derived forms verb blend3, verb blend1
has particulars: confluence, conflux, merging, homogenisation, homogenization
Derived forms verb blend3, verb blend1
Verb blend has 3 senses
- blend(v = verb.contact) immingle, intermingle, intermix - combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" is one way to amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify
- blend(v = verb.stative) blend in, go - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" is one way to accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize
- blend(v = verb.change) coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well" is one way to change integrity
Derived forms noun blend3, noun blend1, noun blender1
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derived forms noun blend3, noun blend1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
blend, v. t. [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.].
- To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. [1913 Webster]"Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay." [1913 Webster]
- To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
blend, v. i.
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. [1913 Webster]
"There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality."
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blend, n.
A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins. [1913 Webster]
To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
blend, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. a mix (esp. sorts of tea, spirits, tobacco, etc.) together to produce a desired flavour etc. b produce by this method (blended whisky).
2 intr. form a harmonious compound; become one.
3 a tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) mingle or be mingled (truth blended with lies; blends well with the locals). b tr. (often foll. by in, with) mix thoroughly.
4 intr. (esp. of colours): a pass imperceptibly into each other. b go well together; harmonize.
--n.
1 a a mixture, esp. of various sorts of tea, spirits, tobacco, fibre, etc. b a combination (of different abstract or personal qualities).
2 a portmanteau word.
--v.
1 tr. a mix (esp. sorts of tea, spirits, tobacco, etc.) together to produce a desired flavour etc. b produce by this method (blended whisky).
2 intr. form a harmonious compound; become one.
3 a tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) mingle or be mingled (truth blended with lies; blends well with the locals). b tr. (often foll. by in, with) mix thoroughly.
4 intr. (esp. of colours): a pass imperceptibly into each other. b go well together; harmonize.
--n.
1 a a mixture, esp. of various sorts of tea, spirits, tobacco, fibre, etc. b a combination (of different abstract or personal qualities).
2 a portmanteau word.
Etymology
ME prob. f. ON blanda mix
THESAURUS
blend
Anschluss, accord, add, addition, admix, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, alloy, amalgam, amalgamate, amalgamation, arrange, assimilate, assimilation, association, assonate, atone, attune, be harmonious, be in tune, bemingle, blending, cabal, cartel, centralization, chime, chord, coalesce, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, combo, come together, commingle, commingling, commix, commixture, compose, composite, composition, compound, comprise, concoct, concoction, confection, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomerate, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connect, consolidate, consolidation, conspiracy, contamination, ecumenism, embodiment, embody, emulsify, encompass, encompassment, enosis, ensemble, federalization, federation, flux, fuse, fusion, gradate, grade, graduate, harmonize, hash, homogenize, hookup, hybrid, hybrid word, hybridism, immingle, immix, immixture, include, inclusion, incorporate, incorporation, integrate, integration, interblend, interfuse, interfusion, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermingling, intermix, intermixture, intertwine, interweave, join, jumble, junction, junta, knead, league, lump together, macaronic, macaronicism, magma, make one, marriage, meld, melding, melodize, melt into one, merge, merger, mingle, mingle-mangle, mingling, mix, mix up, mixture, musicalize, orchestrate, package, package deal, paste, portmanteau, portmanteau word, portmantologism, put together, reembody, roll into one, scramble, shade, shade into, shuffle, solidification, solidify, sound in tune, sound together, stir up, symphonize, synchronize, syncretism, syncretize, syndicate, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, synthesize, telescope word, throw together, tie-up, toss together, tune, unification, unify, union, unite, wedding, workROGET THESAURUS
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Mixture
VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.Combination
VB combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate, put together, lump together, cement a union, marry.
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