blended

Variant of blend

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.
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