English Explanatory Dictionary

blend

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mixture of two or more things.
  2. A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
verb
  1. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
  2. To be mingled or mixed.
  3. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

Pronunciation

blĕnd /blɛnd/ en-us-blend.ogg

Word forms

blend blends blending blended blent

Etymology

From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti, “to go astray”).

Synonyms

combination mix mixture frankenword portmanteau portmanteau word portmantologism blend fuse homogenize inosculate uniformize admix amalgamate bemingle combine commingle intermingle intermix involve mang meddle ming mingle mix up agglomerate aggregate cumulate alloy coalesce consolidate conflate embody integrate mass meld merge unite

Derived words

blend shape blend time cotton blend idiom blend loanblend nanoblend polyblend preblend blendability blendable blended blender blendery blend in blendingly blend into the woodwork blendshape blendstock blend up blendy blorph blunder deblend downblend interblend misblend reblend
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