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blend definition

blend (blend)

transitive verb blended blend′ed or blent, blending blend′·ing

  1. to mix or mingle (varieties of tea, tobacco, etc.), esp. so as to produce a desired flavor, color, grade, etc.
  2. to mix or fuse thoroughly, so that the parts merge and are no longer distinct green results from blending blue and yellow

Etymology: ME blenden < OE blendan & ON blanda, to mix < IE base *bhlendh-, to glimmer indistinctly > blind, blunder

intransitive verb

  1. to mix, merge, or unite
  2. to pass gradually or imperceptibly into each other, as colors
  3. to go well together; harmonize

noun

  1. the act of blending; thorough mixing
  2. the result of blending; a mixture or merger of varieties, kinds, types, etc. a blend of coffee
  3. Linguis. a word formed by combining parts of other words (Ex.: galumph, smog)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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