'Blend' definitions:
Definition of 'blend'
(from WordNet)
noun
An occurrence of thorough mixing
noun
A new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"; "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" [syn: blend, portmanteau word, portmanteau]
noun
The act of blending components together thoroughly [syn: blend, blending]
verb
Combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" [syn: blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle]
verb
Blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" [syn: blend, go, blend in]
verb
Definition of 'Blend'
From: GCIDE
- Blend \Blend\, n. A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blend'
From: GCIDE
- Blend \Blend\, v. t. [AS. blendan, from blind blind. See Blind, a.] To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blend'
From: GCIDE
- Blend \Blend\ (bl[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or Blent (bl[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Blending.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
- 1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. [1913 Webster]
- Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. --Percival. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Blend'
From: GCIDE
- Blend \Blend\, v. i. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. [1913 Webster]
- There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality. --Irving. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'blend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- add,
- addition,
- admix,
- admixture,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alliance,
- alloy,
- amalgam,
- amalgamate,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- arrange,
- assimilate,
- assimilation,
- association,
- assonate,
- atone,
- attune,
- be harmonious,
- be in tune,
- bemingle,
- blending,
- cabal,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- chime,
- chord,
- coalesce,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- come together,
- commingle,
- commingling,
- commix,
- commixture,
- compose,
- composite,
- composition,
- compound,
- comprise,
- concoct,
- concoction,
- confection,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- congeries,
- conglomerate,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connect,
- consolidate,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- contamination,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- embody,
- emulsify,
- encompass,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- ensemble,
- federalization,
- federation,
- flux,
- fuse,
- fusion,
- gradate,
- grade,
- graduate,
- harmonize,
- hash,
- homogenize,
- hookup,
- hybrid,
- hybrid word,
- hybridism,
- immingle,
- immix,
- immixture,
- include,
- inclusion,
- incorporate,
- incorporation,
- integrate,
- integration,
- interblend,
- interfuse,
- interfusion,
- interlace,
- interlard,
- intermingle,
- intermingling,
- intermix,
- intermixture,
- intertwine,
- interweave,
- join,
- jumble,
- junction,
- junta,
- knead,
- league,
- lump together,
- macaronic,
- macaronicism,
- magma,
- make one,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- melodize,
- melt into one,
- merge,
- merger,
- mingle,
- mingle-mangle,
- mingling,
- mix,
- mix up,
- mixture,
- musicalize,
- orchestrate,
- package,
- package deal,
- paste,
- portmanteau,
- portmanteau word,
- portmantologism,
- put together,
- reembody,
- roll into one,
- scramble,
- shade,
- shade into,
- shuffle,
- solidification,
- solidify,
- sound in tune,
- sound together,
- stir up,
- symphonize,
- synchronize,
- syncretism,
- syncretize,
- syndicate,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- synthesize,
- telescope word,
- throw together,
- tie-up,
- toss together,
- tune,
- unification,
- unify,
- union,
- unite,
- wedding,
- work