Blend

Definition: Blend

Blend

Noun

1. An occurrence of thorough mixing.

2. A word formed by joining two others (e.g., `smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog').

3. The act of blending components together thoroughly.

Verb

1. Combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much".

2. Blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs".

3. Mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"; "fuse the clutter of detail into a rich narrative"--A. Schlesinger.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "blend" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Electrical Engineering

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Personal Care & Hotels

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BLEND

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Synonyms: Blend

Ambush

Verb: blend in, blend into the background.

Combination

Verb: combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry.

Mixture

Instill, imbue; infuse, suffuse, transfuse; infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross; alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

Crosswords: Blend

Portuguese (blend), Turkish (blende).

Try to blend in. (Sister Act; writing credit: Joseph Howard)

Cretan camouflage sir. If you want to blend in with a bunch of drunken Greeks there's nothing better (Good Morning, Vietnam; writing credit: Mitch Markowitz)

This calls for a delicate blend of psychology and extreme violence (The Young Ones; writing credit: Ben Elton; Rik Mayall)

It's not like I blend in (No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In Harm's Way; writing credit: Jonathan Klajman)

That he would blend in, disappear (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade; writing credit: Mario Van Peebles)

By his father he is English, by his mother he is American -- to my mind the blend which makes the perfect man. (references; author: Mark Twain)

House Blend (2002)

Premium Blend (1997)

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Books

• Bruach Blend (reference)

• Camps and Cottages: A Stylish Blend of Old and New (reference)

• Conquer Fear!: A Unique Blend of Psychology and Theology to Change Your Beliefs -- And Thus Your Results (reference)

• Suzanne White's Guide to Love: A Unique Blend of Zodiac-Based and Chinese Astrology That Shows You How to Find Your Perfect Mate (reference)

• The Art of Successful Teaching: A Blend of Content & Context (reference)

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Periodicals

• Magical Blend (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Minna Optimizer - Balanced Blend (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Tchaikovsky At Tea Time: A Refreshing Blend For Body And Spirit (reference)

• Blend (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Guettle Die Horsehair Blend Brush (reference)

• DeWalt DW4989 7-1/2" Blend Cutting Pad 1-1/2" Pile (reference)

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Chicks eating from a metal feeder in broiler house in Mississippi. Feed for the broilers is a sophisticated blend of various proteins. Credit: USDA.

Medflies often share regurgitated food. This helps spread the insecticidal dye-and-bait blend phloxine B, better known as the FDA-approved red dye number 28, through the population. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

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Health

In some cases, sensory perceptions may blend in a phenomenon known as synesthesia, in which a person seems to hear or feel colors and see sounds. (references)

Business

The hardware market is made up of a blend of Indian and foreign manufacturers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Scheduled to launch in the first half of the year, RTV FBiH was to broadcast on two channels offering a blend of Bosniak and Croat programming, but had not begun broadcasting by year's end. (references)

Economic History

Zambia

The predominant religion is a blend of traditional beliefs and Christianity. (references)

Kenya

The highest demand is for hard or high protein wheat used to blend bread flour. (references)

Human Rights

Chad

Applicable law can be confusing, as courts often tend to blend the formal French-derived legal code with traditional practices. (references)

Travel

Russia

Do not assume that you can blend in on the street. (references)

Panama

Business practices and customs in Panama are a unique blend of North American methods and traditional Latin style. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "blend": blend fabric ♦ blend in ♦ blend into the background ♦ blend into the crowd ♦ blend word ♦ blend yarn ♦ BURDOCK BLEND ♦ color blend ♦ colour blend ♦ swept blend ♦ to blend ♦ zinc blend. Additional references.

Ending with "blend": easy-blend.

Afrikaans

meng (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Albanian

të përzierë, përzihem (commingle, enter, horn in, interfere, interfere in, interlope, intermingle, intrude, meddle, mingle, mix, push in, put in one's oar), përzierje (admixture, amalgamation, chow-chow, commixture, composite, compound, confection, conglomeration, fusion, hash, immixture, implication, interference, interfusion, intermixture, involvement, kneading, malaxation, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, mix, mixing, mixture, olio, omnium gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, promiscuity, salmagundi, shuffle, stir, stirring, temper), përziej (admix, adulterate, alloy, attemper, beat, commingle, compound, confound, conglomerate, dash, drag in, embark, emulsify, implicate, intermingle, intermix, jumble, knead, malaxate, mingle, mix, shuffle, stir). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مزيج (admixture, commixture, compost, farrago, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, jumble, medley, melange, mishmash, mix, mixing up, mixture), ‏مزج (admix, admixture, blending, carbonize, combination, combine, commingle, commix, dash, hash, incorporate, interlace, interweave, mingle, mingling, mix up, mixing, mixing up, mixture), ‏توليفة, ‏خليط (admixture, compost, conglomeration, cut, farrago, hash, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, medley, melange, mishmash, mix, mixture, mixture concoction, patchy), ‏إنسجم (chime, concord, consort, correspond, get along with, harmonize, mesh, square, tone), ‏أتلف (harmonize), ‏دمج شيئين, ‏دمج (amalgamate, amalgamation, combination, combine, conjunction, consolidate, dovetailing, embody, fuse, fuze, incorporation, integrate, integration, interlace, merge). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съчетавам (match, mate, mix, unite, yoke), смесвам (admix, agglomerate, alloy, amalgamate, combine, commingle, compound, concrete, fuse, incorporate, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, knead, lump, lump together, merge, mingle, mix, mix up), преливам се (grade). (various references)

Chinese 

混合 (Admix, Amalgamate, Amalgamated, Amalgamating, intermingle, intermingled, mingle, Mingled, mingling, mix, mixing, mix-up), 拌和 (mix and stir). (various references)

Czech

splynulina, smísit (admix, combine, mingle), smìs (amalgam, assortment, brew, combination, commixture, compound, concoction, farrago, medley, miscellany, mix, mix up, mixture), mixovat, mísit (commingle, mix), míchat (agitate, intermingle, stir). (various references)

Danish

blande (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Dutch

vermengen (mingle, mix, shuffle), mengen (mingle, mix, shuffle), temperen (harden, mingle, mix, moderate, shuffle, temper), mixen (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Esperanto

miksiĝi (mingle, mix), miksi (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Faeroese

blanda (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Farsi 

مخلوطی تهیه کردن , مخلوط (Admixture, Composite, Compost, Hash, Mixed, Mixture), ترکیب (Admixture, Composition, Compound, Confection, Feature, Form, Mixture, Physique, Structure, Syntax, Zygosis), امیزه (Mixture), امیختگی . (various references)

Finnish

sekoitus (admixture, mix, mixture). (various references)

French

mélanger, mélange (blended). (various references)

German

mischen (admixture, blended, blent, compound, interference, make, mash, mell, merge, merging, mingle, mix, mix up, riffle, scramble, shuffle, to mash, to mell, to mingle, to mix), verschnitt (blending, clippings, waste material), verschneiden (castrate, clip, cut, cut badly, cut wrongly, geld), mischung (admixture, amalgam, assortment, blending, combination, hybridization, intermixture, melange, mix, mixing, mixture), mengen (crowds, lots, masses, mingle, mix, multitudes, plenties, quantities, quantums, shuffle), melange. (various references)

Greek 

κράμα (alloy, temper), συγχώνευση (amalgamating, amalgamation, fusion, merge, merger), συγχωνεύω (amalgamate, fuse, fuze, merge), συγχωνεύομαι (fuse, fuze, merge), συνδυάζω (combine, go with 1, pair, piece), συνδυασμόσ (combination, combine, scheme), συλλιπάσματα (coal blend), μείγμα (mix), μείξη (mixing), μίγμα (admixture, aggregate, amalgam, compound, farrago, hash, hotpot, intermixture, mash, medley, melange, mix, mixture), ανάμιξη (interlardment, involvement, mixture, shuffle), ανακατεύω (admix, churn, mix, muddle, pie, ruffle, scramble, shuffle the cards, stir), αναμιγνύω (admix, commingle, compound, intermingle, mingle, mix, mix up, shuffle), αναμειγνύω, οίνος ανάμιξης. (various references)

Hebrew 

מסיכה (clyster, embrocation, enema, liniment, mixture, ointment), למזוג (fill, mingle, mix, pour), למזג (incorporate, integrate, merge, mix, temper), למסוך (mingle, mix, pour out), לפתוך (mix), לערבל (confound, confuse, mix, swirl), לערבב (confuse, jumble, mess, mingle, mix, muddle, scramble, stir, temper), להתמזג (coalesce, harmonize, incorporate, integrate, merge, mingle, mix), להתערבב (mix), תערובת (admixture, medley, melange, mix, mixture, mongrelism). (various references)

Hungarian

keverék (admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamated, commixture, compound, concoction, hybrid, infusion, mash, medley, melange, mingle, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mish-mash, mix, mixture, mongrel, nondescript, pot pourri). (various references)

Indonesian

bercampur (comingle, mixed with), bancuhan (mixture), membancuhkan (mix), campuran (admixture, alloy, amalgam, assortment, composite, concoction, interference, intervention, mash, meddling, medley, mixture). (various references)

Italian

mistura (admixture, mixture), miscela (admixture, brew, compound, concoction, mixture), mescolare (admix, alloy, compound, concoct, confuse, dose, get mixed up, intermingle, intermix, jumble, lots, mingle, mix, mix up, muddle up, shuffle, stir). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ブレーク信号 (blade, blazer, blazer coat, blended whiskey, bleomycin, blow, bracelet, braid, brain, brain trust, brainstorming, bread, break, break signal, breast, breast stroke, breaststroke, breath, brochure, broken, broken English, broken heart, broker, brooch), 混ぜ合わす (compound, mix together). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ブレンド , まぜあわす (compound, mix together). (various references)

Korean 

혼합 (Blending, mix, mixed). (various references)

Malay

mencampuri (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Manx

seiyjid (agitation, agitation of water, miscellany), covestey (admixture, amalgamate, coalesce, co-mix, compound, concoct, conglomerate, incorporate, intermingle, mix, temper). (various references)

Norwegian

blande (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Papiamen

meskla (mingle, mix, shuffle), meks (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Pig Latin

endblay.(various references)

Portuguese

misturar (admix, combine, commingle, concoct, confound, diffuse, draw in, fuse, huddle, incorporate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, jumble, knead, mash, medley, merge, mingle, mix, mix up, shuffle, temper), mistura (admixture, commixture, concoction, cross, fusion, gallimaufry, half-and-half, hodge-podge, hotchpotch, immixture, interfusion, intermixture, jumble, mash, medley, miscellany, mixture, olio, patchwork, salmagundi, shuffle). (various references)

Romanian

suda (fuse, perspire, solder, weld), nuanţa (gradate, tone), contopi (amalgamate, fuse, fuze, merge, smelt), combina (arrange, combine, compound, concoct, contrive, devise, group, hammer out, joint, match, mix, piece, put together, temper), asorta (assort, furnish, sort, stock, suit), amesteca (admix, adulterate, amalgamate, attemper, combine, commingle, compound, concoct, confound, confuse, cross, dilute, embroil, entangle, immix, interblend, interfuse, intermingle, intermix, intersperse, involve, jumble, medley, melt, merge, mingle, mix, muddle, pie, poison, rabble, shuffle, temper, work), amestec (admixture, composite, compound, concoction, connection, crossing, disarray, farrago, fusion, hash, hotchpotch, huddle, interference, intermixture, intervening, jumble, mash, medley, mixture, muddle, olio, omnium gatherum, palaver), amalgama (amalgamate, coalesce, merge), amalgam (amalgam, congeries), îmbina (arrange, combine, conjoin, connect, entwine, fasten, feather, frame, interfuse, interweave, joint, lap, match, merge, mix, piece, put together, tie, unite). (various references)

Russian 

смесь (amalgam, chow-chow, collectanea, commixture, composite, composition, compound, concoction, farrago, hotchpotch, interfusion, intermixture, jumble, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixture, olio, pasticcio, pastiche, potpourri, salmagundi), смешение (alligation, amalgamation, commixture, intermixture, melange, mixing), смешиваться (intermingle, intermix, jumble, mingle), смешивать смесь, смешивать (commingle, compound, confound, confuse, cream, intermingle, intermix, jumble, malax, mess up, mingle, mix, mix up, mixed). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

smesa (compound, mixture), smeša (admixture, batch, intermixture, mixture), pomešati (admix, commingle, compost, intermingle, intermix, jumble, mix, rabble), mešavina (admixture, amalgam, composite, compost, congeries, farrago, hash, intermixture, jumble, medley, melange, mix, mixture, olio, pasticcio, pastiche), mešati (alloy, jumble, mingle, mix, puddle, rabble, shuffle, stir), izmešati (brew, commingle, compound, mix, stir). (various references)

Spanish

mezclar (admix, commingle, concoct, intermix, jumble, lump together, mash, medley, mingle, mix, mix up, puddle, scramble), mezcla (admixture, adulterant, alloy, blending, commixture, concoction, crossbreed, intermixture, mash, medley, melange, mishmash, mix, mixture). (various references)

Sranan

moksi (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

Swedish

blanda sig (intermingle, intermix, mingle, mix), blanda (admix, amalgemate, compound, hybridize, intermingle, intermix, mingle, mix, shuffle, toss, touch). (various references)

Thai

ผสม (mix, mix up, shuffle), ส่วนผสม (mixture), การผสม (hotchpotch, mixture), คำประสม. (various references)

Turkish

uyum sağlamak (accommodate, accommodate oneself, accord, coordinate, fall with, harmonize, orient oneself, orientate oneself, settle, shake down, slot into, suit, yield), kaynaşmak (coalesce, commingle, fuse, knit, knit up, merge, mill about, mix, seethe, socialize, unite), karıştırmak (add, admix, amalgamate, churn, commingle, commix, complicate, concoct, confound, confuse, darken, diffuse, disarrange, disarray, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, disturb, embroil, entangle, ferret about, foul, foul up, hash, implicate, interfuse, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix, involve, inweave, jumble, jumble together, jumble up, knot, litter, make hay of smth., meld, mess, mess smth. about, mess up, mingle, mistake, mix, mix up, monkey around with, monkey with, muddle, muss, pick, poke, poke up, Ravel, ruffle, scramble, scramble together, scramble up, shuffle, snarl, stir, stir up, tamper with, tangle, tousle, trim, tumble, unsettle, weave), karışmak (amalgamate, be confused, be mixed up, butt in, combine, commingle, commix, concern, concern oneself, cut in, cut into, get mixed, have one's hand in, interfere, interfuse, interlace, intermeddle, intervene, jumble, jumble together, jumble up, meddle, meld, merge, mingle, mix, mix in, pick at, pick over, poke one's nose into, put one's nose into, put one's oar in, slip in, step in, strike in, take up, tamper, thicken, thrust one's nose in, thrust one's nose into, thrust oneself in, welter, whirl), karışım (admixture, alloy, amalgam, amalgamation, combo, commixture, concoction, farrago, hodgpodge, hotchpotch, intermixture, medley, melange, mix, mixture, potpourri), harmanlamak, harmanlama, harman (harvest, threshing, trashing). (various references)

Ukrainian

суміш (admixture, amalgam, bastard, chow-chow, commixture, composite, compound, hotchpotch, intermixture, medley, melange, mingle, miscellany, mishmash, mix, mixture, olio, omnium gatherum, salmagundi, temperature), сполучатися (communicate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, couple), купажувати, купаж (blending), вливати (infuse), змішувати (allay, combine, commingle, commix, compound, confound, immingle, intermingle, intermix, jumble, jumble together, medley, mingle, mix), змішування (admixture, amalgamation, commixture, immixture, mix, mixture, transfusion). (various references)

Welsh

cymysgu (amalgamate, confuse, mix), cymysgedd (admixture, mixture). (various references)

Yucatec

xa'ak'tik (mingle, mix, shuffle). (various references)

confudisset, confudisti, confudistis, confudit, confundam, confundamur, confundamus, confundantur, confundar, confundaris, confundas, confundat, confundatur, confunde, confundebat, confundemini, confundens, confundentur, confundere, confunderis, confundet, confundetur, confundimini, confundit, confunditis, confunditur, confundor, confusa, confusi, confusum, confusus, congruam, congruit, misceo miscui mixtum, miscere, temperabit, temperare, temperatura. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "blend": blende, blended, blender, blenders, blendes, blending, blends. (additional references)

Words ending with "blend": reblend. (additional references)

Words containing "blend": hornblende, hornblendes, hornblendic, pitchblende, pitchblendes, reblended, reblending, reblends, unblended. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Blend" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baland, balnd, Beland, belind, bellend, Biland, bilen, Billund, blanda, Blando, blandy, blane, blasnd, blem, blen, blenda, bleng, bleni, blewd, Blidn, blinb, blindr, blindy, blinn, blinq, blondy, blynd, bolen, Brenod, flend, slend, Xlendi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bend, bled, lend.

-2 letters: bed, bel, ben, deb, del, den, eld, end, led, neb.

-3 letters: be, de, ed, el, en, ne.

+1 letter: bindle, blende, blends, blonde, bundle.

+2 letters: bindles, blander, blanked, blended, blender, blendes, blinded, blinder, blinked, blonder, blondes, blunder, blunged, blunted, brindle, bundled, bundler, bundles, bungled, bylined, enabled, nibbled, nobbled, reblend, unlobed.

+3 letters: balanced, baldness, banderol, beelined, beholden, belonged, bendable, beuncled, bidental, bielding, bilander, bindable, blanched, blandest, blazoned, bleeding, blenched, blenders, blending, blindage, blinders, blindest, blondest, bludgeon, blunders, boldness, bondable, brindled, brindles, bundlers, damnable, deniable, deniably, doblones, embolden, englobed, ennobled, findable, handbell, imbolden, inedible, lendable, linebred, mandible, mendable, reblends, rendible, sendable, unbelted, unbilled, unblamed, unbolted, unbridle, unbundle, undoable, undouble, unedible, unilobed, vendable, vendible, vendibly, windable.