blend
Plural: blends
Noun
- an occurrence of thorough mixing
- a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings
- "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"
- the act of blending components together thoroughly
- A mixture of two or more things.
- A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
Verb
Verb Forms: blended, blent, blending, blends
- To mix two or more things smoothly and inseparably together.
- combine into one
- "blend the nuts and raisins together"
- "he blends in with the crowd"
- blend or harmonize
- "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"
- mix together different elements
- "The colors blend well"
- To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
- To be mingled or mixed.
- To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
Examples
- A good Scrabble player can BLEND common letters with rare ones to form high-scoring words.
- Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
- Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
- To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
Origin / 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
blend in, blending, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, go, immingle, immix, intermingle, intermix, meld, merge, mix, portmanteau, portmanteau word, admix, agglomerate, aggregate, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, combination, consolidate, embody, frankenword, homogenize, inosculate, integrate, mang, mass, meddle, ming, mingle, mix up, mixture, portmantologism, uniformize, unite
Scrabble Score: 8
blend: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordblend: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blend: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary