blend
(blĕnd)
[Middle English blenden, probably from Old Norse blanda, blend-.]
verb: blend·ed or blent (blĕnt), blend·ing, blends.
transitive verb
- To combine or mix so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another: “He has no difficulty blending his two writing careers: novels and films” (Charles E. Claffey)
- To combine (varieties or grades) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency: blend tobaccos.
intransitive verb
- To form a uniform mixture: “The smoke blended easily into the odor of the other fumes” (Norman Mailer)
- To become merged into one; unite.
- To create a harmonious effect or result: picked a tie that blended with the jacket. See synonyms at mix
noun
- The act of blending.
- Something, such as an effect or a product, that is created by blending: “His face shows, as he stares at the fire, a blend of fastidiousness and intransigence” (John Fowles) See synonyms at mixture
- Linguistics A word produced by combining parts of other words, as smog from smoke and fog.
