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/blɛnd/
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blɛnd
Noun
A mixture of two or more things.
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Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
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Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English. That is, none occur in Old or Middle English, nor even in Elizabethan English, with the earliest known example being the rare and now obsolete term tomaxe, a blend of tomahawk and axe.
Verb
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
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To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
To be mingled or mixed.
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There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.
To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent
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Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
Usage- Obsolete
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These stormes, which now his beauty blend, Shall turn to calmes.
Noun
an occurrence of thorough mixing
a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
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‘smog’ is a blend of ‘smoke’ and ‘fog’
‘motel’ is a portmanteau word made by combining ‘motor’ and ‘hotel’
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‘brunch’ is a well-known portmanteau
the act of blending components together thoroughly
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Verb
combine into one
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blend the nuts and raisins together
he blends in with the crowd
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We don't intermingle much
blend or harmonize
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This flavor will blend with those in your dish
This sofa won't go with the chairs
mix together different elements
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The colors blend well