Blend
[blend] or [blɛnd]
Definition
(noun.) the act of blending components together thoroughly.
(noun.) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings; '`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog''; '`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel''; '`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau'.
(noun.) an occurrence of thorough mixing.
(verb.) mix together different elements; 'The colors blend well'.
(verb.) combine into one; 'blend the nuts and raisins together'; 'he blends in with the crowd'; 'We don't intermingle much'.
(verb.) blend or harmonize; 'This flavor will blend with those in your dish'; 'This sofa won't go with the chairs'.
Edited by Guthrie--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.
(v. t.) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
(v. i.) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.
(n.) A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
(a.) To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.
Edited by Carlos
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Mingle, mix, intermingle, commingle, amalgamate.
Inputed by Abner
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Mix, harmonize, unite, combine, fuse, merge, amalgamate, mingle, commingle,coalesce
ANT:Run, separate, divide, dissociate, confound
Inputed by Bernard
Definition
v.t. to mix together: to confound.—v.i. to be mingled or mixed:—pa.p. blend′ed and blent.—n. a mixture:—n. Blend′ing the act of mingling: the process by which the fusion of paints is effected.
Inputed by Augustine
Examples
- In a tree we can distinguish this or that branch, though at the actual fork the two unite and blend together. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Fahrenheit for about two hours, which causes the boracic acid to dissolve and blend with the glycerine. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He walked past the couch to the open window, and held up the drooping stalk of a moss-rose, looking down at the dainty blend of crimson and green. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- If the reflected waves reach the ear too late to blend with the original sound, that is, come later than one tenth of a second after the first impression, an echo is heard. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The noises were sufficiently removed and shut out from the counting-house to blend into a busy hum, interspersed with periodical clinks and thumps. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- These differences blend into each other by an insensible series; and a series impresses the mind with the idea of an actual passage. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was one of the greatest moments of the war to me when I heard the report in that great voice where pity, compassion and truth are blended. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I am all right, Sir,' replied Mr. Stiggins, in a tone in which ferocity was blended with an extreme thickness of utterance; 'I am all right, Sir. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Why are not all organic beings blended together in an inextricable chaos? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He took no heed of any of us, but his eyes were fixed upon Holmes's face with an expression in which hatred and amazement were equally blended. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Thus, the rustling of an Angel's wings got blended with the other echoes, and they were not wholly of earth, but had in them that breath of Heaven. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Fancy stockings, with numerous colours blended, are so knit, and if the yarn holds out a mile of stockings may be thus knit, without a break and without an attendant. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- What I knew before them, blends with them, too, so curiously. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Commixtion is the blending of two bodies, such as two bushels of corn, where the parts remain separate in an obvious and visible manner. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Yes, blending instruction with pleasure, said Crispin, rousing himself out of his revery and walking over to the piano. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The blending of the individual taps, occurring at regular intervals, has produced a sustained musical tone. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It was just at that hour after sunset, when the day blending with the night produces that luminous twilight so noticeable in the Mediterranean. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- They are up-to-date words, remarked Crispin calmly; the music is also up to date, of the most advanced school, a blending of Dvor?k and Rubinstein. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The songs she sang, without lament, In her prison-house of pain, Forever are they sweetly blent With the falling summer rain. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Blent with torment, I experienced rapture. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A calm, subdued triumph, blent with a longing earnestness, marked his enunciation of the last glorious verses of that chapter. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There is charm in beauty for itself, Caroline; when it is blent with goodness, there is a powerful charm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- However, I accepted the responsibility--not, certainly, without fearbut fear blent with other sentiments, curiosity, amongst them. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Presently a voice blent with the rich tones of the instrument; it was a lady who sang, and very sweet her notes were. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
Editor: Maggie