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blend

UK/blɛnd/ US/ˈblɛnd/ fairly common
verb (3) noun (3)

verb

1.

combine into one

  • “blend the nuts and raisins together”
  • “he blends in with the crowd”
  • “We don”
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2.

blend or harmonize

  • “This flavor will blend with those in your dish”
  • “This sofa won”
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3.

noun

1.
2.

a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

  • “smog”
  • “smoke”
  • “fog”
  • “;”
  • “is a portmanteau word made by combining”
  • “and”
  • “";”
  • “is a well-known portmanteau”
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3.

the act of blending components together thoroughly

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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • blend in
  • blend into the woodwork
  • blend shape
  • blend time
  • blend up
  • cotton blend
  • idiom blend

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