Inflected forms: blend·ed or blent ( blnt), blend·ing, blends
TRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To combine or mix so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another: “He has no difficulty blending his two writing careers: novels and films” (Charles E. Claffey). 2. To combine (varieties or grades) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency: blend tobaccos.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
1. To form a uniform mixture: “The smoke blended easily into the odor of the other fumes” (Norman Mailer). 2. To become merged into one; unite. 3. To create a harmonious effect or result: picked a tie that blended with the jacket. See synonyms at mix.
NOUN:
1a. The act of blending. b. Something, such as an effect or a product, that is created by blending: “His face shows, as he stares at the fire, a blend of fastidiousness and intransigence” (John Fowles). See synonyms at mixture. 2.Linguistics A word produced by combining parts of other words, as smog from smoke and fog.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English blenden, probably from Old Norse blanda, blend-. See bhel-1 in Appendix I.
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