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Definition: Blended |
BlendedAdjective1. Combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blended" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Antonym: unblended (adj). (additional references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | New! : blended Marrakesh hash.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Blender; blending; blended; blends; motor; Cuisinart; whirl; whirling; chop; chopping; mix; mixing; liquefy; liquefying; daiquiri; margarita; blended drink; cocktail; pina colada. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Her shame and fierceness were blended. |
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Business | Consequently, crop can be sampled and blended several times and there is no traceability back to the producer. (references) | |
In the trading process, the agricultural product can be sampled and blended several times allowing no traceability of individual origins. (references) | ||
Low level treatment allows waste oil to be blended into fuel oil which, for example, can be used in road-stone plants to dry limestone for road construction. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | The demand for blended fabrics in increasing in the domestic market. (references) |
Paraguay | They practiced a mythical polytheistic religion, which later blended with Christianity. (references) | |
Bahrain | Of the 150 million gallons a day, approximately 70 million gallons, desalinated and blended, are for drinking purposes. (references) | |
Trade | New Zealand | Very detailed regulations are in effect regarding the labels that must be attached to various prepared, blended, compounded, mixed or imitation foodstuffs. (references) |
Singapore | Repackaged foods must be labeled to show (in English) the appropriate designation of the food content printed in capital letters at least 1/16 inch high; whether foods are compounded, mixed or blended; the minimum quantity stated in metric net weight or measure; the name and address of the manufacturer or seller; and the country of origin. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CARMELITE, n. A mendicant friar of the order of Mount Carmel. As Death was a-rising out one day, Across Mount Camel he took his way, Where he met a mendicant monk, Some three or four quarters drunk, With a holy leer and a pious grin, Ragged and fat and as saucy as sin, Who held out his hands and cried: "Give, give in Charity's name, I pray. Give in the name of the Church. O give, Give that her holy sons may live!" And Death replied, Smiling long and wide: "I'll give, holy father, I'll give thee -- a ride." With a rattle and bang Of his bones, he sprang From his famous Pale Horse, with his spear; By the neck and the foot Seized the fellow, and put Him astride with his face to the rear. The Monarch laughed loud with a sound that fell Like clods on the coffin's sounding shell: "Ho, ho! A beggar on horseback, they say, Will ride to the devil!" -- and thump Fell the flat of his dart on the rump Of the charger, which galloped away. Faster and faster and faster it flew, Till the rocks and the flocks and the trees that grew By the road were dim and blended and blue To the wild, wild eyes Of the rider -- in size Resembling a couple of blackberry pies. Death laughed again, as a tomb might laugh At a burial service spoiled, And the mourners' intentions foiled By the body erecting Its head and objecting To further proceedings in its behalf. Many a year and many a day Have passed since these events away. The monk has long been a dusty corse, And Death has never recovered his horse. For the friar got hold of its tail, And steered it within the pale Of the monastery gray, Where the beast was stabled and fed With barley and oil and bread Till fatter it grew than the fattest friar, And so in due course was appointed Prior. G.J. |
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John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | Ten years of peace, at home and abroad, have assuaged the animosities of political contention and blended into harmony the most discordant elements of public opinion. |
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| "Blended" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 46.01% of the time. "Blended" is used about 163 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 46.01% | 75 | 38,535 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 26.99% | 44 | 51,500 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 25.15% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.84% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 163 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "blended": blended binder ♦ blended cement ♦ blended flour ♦ blended grant element ♦ blended interest rate ♦ blended lamp ♦ blended payment ♦ blended surface ♦ blended whiskey ♦ blended whisky ♦ blended woollen ♦ blended worsted ♦ blended yarn ♦ Myers blended index ♦ unfermented must blended with alcohol. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "blended": smoothly-blended. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "blended"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مخلوط (mingled, mixed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 混' (Blending). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | blandingsuld (blended woollen), blandingsmel (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), blandingslyslampe (blended lamp, self-ballasted mercury lamp), blandet mel (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), blandet bindemiddel (blended binder), rente af blandet finansiering (blended interest rate), melangegarn (blended yarn, combination yarn), kamgarnsmelange (blended worsted), element af blandet finansiering (blended grant element), amerikansk cigaret (blended cigarette), blended cigaret (blended cigarette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | blended sigaret (blended cigarette), schenking voortspruitende uit gemengde financiering (blended grant element), rentevoet voortspruitend uit gemengde financiering (blended interest rate), menglichtlamp (blended lamp, dual lamp, self-ballasted mercury lamp), meel van mengkorn (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), masteluin meel (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), gemengd strijkgaren (blended woollen), gemengd meel (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), gemengd kamgaren (blended worsted), cement met een toeslag (blended cement), Amerikaanse sigaret (blended cigarette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | blended-viski (blended whisky), sideaineseos (blended binder), seossementti (blended cement), sekoiteviski (blended whisky), sekavalolamppu (blended lamp, self-ballasted mercury lamp), sekarahoituskorko (blended interest rate), sekarahoituserä (blended grant element), rukiin ja vehnän seosjauho (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), amerikkalaistyyppinen savuke (blended cigarette). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mélange (blend, blending, coal blend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vermengte (mixed up), verblendete (blindfolded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύμμικτο καρντέ (blended woollen), σύμμικτο πεννιέ (blended worsted), νήμα μελανζέ (blended yarn, combination yarn), μικτός σύνδεσμος (blended binder), μείγμα επιχορηγήσεων (blended grant element), ποσοστό επιτοκίου για χώρες-λήπτριες δανείων τύπου Ι'RD και IDA (blended interest rate), λαμπτήρας μικτού φωτός (blended lamp, self-ballasted mercury lamp), ανάμικτον τσιμέντον (blended cement), αλεύρι μεμιγμένο (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), αλεύρι ανάμικτο (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), τσιγάρο αμερικανικού τύπου (blended cigarette), ουΐσκυ μπλέντεντ (blended whisky). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ממוז' (conditioned, temperate), מ"ול (adulterated, adulteration, blending, diluted, dilution, mixed, mixing), מסוך (camouflaging, curtaining, masking, mixed, screening). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tagliato (cut). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 交る (to associate with, to be blended with, to be mixed, to interest, to join, to mingle with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ブレンドウイスキー (blended whiskey), まぜる (to be blended with, to be mixed, to bend, to mix, to stir, to turn), まざる (to associate with, to be blended with, to be mixed, to join, to mingle with, to mix), まじりあう (to be blended, to be mixed together), まじる (to associate with, to be blended with, to be mixed, to interest, to join, to mingle with, to mix), """うしゅ (blended liquor, cocktail, mixed drink, Vajrapani, Wielder of the vajra). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 혼합하". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | covestit (amalgamated, compound, incorporated, mixed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | endedblay mistura de lã (blended woollen), mistura de estambre (blended worsted), manteiga de mistura (blended butter), lâmpada de luz mista (blended lamp, dual lamp, self-ballasted mercury lamp), fio mesclado (blended yarn, combination yarn), farinha misturada (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), farinha de mistura (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), cimento misturado (blended cement), cigarro de tipo americano (blended cigarette). (various references) mezclado (admixed, batch, blending, charge, crossbred, mingled, mixed, mixed up, mixing, scrambled). (various references) blandränta (blended interest rate), blandmjöl (blended flour, maslin flour, meslin flour), blandljuslampa (blended lamp, self-ballasted mercury lamp), blandcement (blended cement), blandat bindemedel (blended binder), modifierat bindemedel (blended binder, modified binder), gåvodel i blandat bistånd (blended grant element). (various references) karışık (adulterated, calico, chequered, combined, complicated, composite, compound, confused, deep, disconcerted, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, hugger mugger, huggermugger, hybrid, inexplicit, inextricable, intricate, involute, involved, kinky, knotted, knotty, mazy, medley, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, obscure, out of square, promiscuous, turbid, unclassified, unsized, woolly, wooly). (various references) змішаний (admixed, amalgamate, bastard, blent, hotchpotch, hybrid, mashy, medley, mixed, promiscuous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "blended": reblended, unblended. (additional references) | |
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"Blended" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bellenden, bendee, bendex, Bendfeldt, blenda, blenden, blonded, blunden, blynde, boldened, lended. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blended" (pronounced ble"ndud) |
| 6 | -l e" n d u d | splendid. |
| 5 | -e" n d u d | amended, appended, apprehended, ascended, attended, befriended, bended, commended, comprehended, contended, defended, depended, descended, distended, ended, expended, extended, fended, intended, mended, offended, overextended, pretended, recommended, suspended, tended, transcended, trended, unamended, unattended, unintended. |
| 4 | -n d u d | abounded, astounded, backhanded, banded, blinded, bonded, bounded, branded, candid, commanded, compounded, confounded, corresponded, demanded, disbanded, dumbfounded, evenhanded, expanded, expounded, founded, funded, grounded, handed, hounded, impounded, landed, masterminded, minded, overfunded, pounded, propounded, rebounded, refunded, remanded, reminded, reprimanded, rescinded, responded, rounded, sanded, seconded, sounded, stranded, surrounded, unbounded, unbranded, underfunded, underhanded, unfounded, unfunded, winded, wounded. |
| 3 | -d u d | abided, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, applauded, avoided, awarded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, beheaded, bladed, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, braided, breaded, broadsided, brooded, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, conceded, concluded, confided, corded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defrauded, degraded, deluded, denuded, derided, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, eluded, embedded, encoded, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, exceeded, excluded, exploded, extruded, exuded, faded, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, guarded, guided, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, included, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, melded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, outmoded, overcrowded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, prided, proceeded, prodded, provided, raided, railroaded, receded, recorded, redheaded, regarded, reloaded, remolded, resided, retarded, rewarded, safeguarded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, spearheaded, speeded, stampeded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, threaded, traded, unaided, undecided, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, wooded, worded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-d-e-e-l-n" | |
-1 letter: bended, blende. | |
-2 letters: bedel, bleed, blend, deled, ended, leben. | |
-3 letters: been, bend, bene, bled, deed, dele, dene, lend, need. | |
-4 letters: bed, bee, bel, ben, deb, dee, del, den, eel, eld, end, led, lee, neb, nee. | |
-5 letters: be, de, ed, el, en, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-d-e-e-l-n" | |
+2 letters: blundered, reblended, unblended. | |
+3 letters: bandleader, bludgeoned, defendable, demandable, dependable, dependably, emboldened, imboldened. | |
+4 letters: bandleaders, descendible, undecidable. | |
+5 letters: befuddlement, benzaldehyde, feebleminded, undependable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 65 6E 64 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-.. . -. -.. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l e n d e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0065 006E 0064 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36787180707170 |
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