blend
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
blend (plural blends)
- A mixture of two or more things.
- 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.
- (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
- (mixture): combination, mix, mixture
- (in linguistics): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau word
- French: mélange
- German: Mischung
- Italian: miscela, combinazione, mix, amalgama
- Portuguese: mistura, mescla, combinação, amálgama
- Russian: смесь
- Spanish: mezcla
blend (blends, present participle blending; past and past participle blended)
- (transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
- To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
- (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
- 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
- (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
- (to mix; to unite intimately) See also Thesaurus:homogenize and Thesaurus:mix
- French: mélanger, mêler, mixer
- German: mischen, mixen, vermischen
- Italian: mescolare, amalgamare, rimestare, miscelare
- Portuguese: misturar
- Spanish: mezclar, combinar
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