blend

blend
    n 1: an occurrence of thorough mixing
    2: 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" [syn: {blend},
       {portmanteau word}, {portmanteau}]
    3: the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn:
       {blend}, {blending}]
    v 1: combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together";
         "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"
         [syn: {blend}, {intermix}, {immingle}, {intermingle}]
    2: blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in
       your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" [syn:
       {blend}, {go}, {blend in}]
    3: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
       [syn: {blend}, {flux}, {mix}, {conflate}, {commingle},
       {immix}, {fuse}, {coalesce}, {meld}, {combine}, {merge}]
    

Blend \Blend\, v. i.
   To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade
   insensibly into each other, as colors.
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         There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that
         blends with our conviviality.            --Irving.
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Blend \Blend\, 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.
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Blend \Blend\, v. t. [AS. blendan, from blind blind. See
   {Blind}, a.]
   To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to
   deceive. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Blend \Blend\ (bl[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or
   {Blent} (bl[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blending}.] [OE.
   blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth.
   blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG.
   blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
   1. 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.
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            Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
                                                  --Percival.
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   2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt;
      to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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   Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate;
        harmonize.
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169 Moby Thesaurus words for "blend":
      Anschluss, accord, add, addition, admix, admixture, affiliation,
      agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, alloy, amalgam,
      amalgamate, amalgamation, arrange, assimilate, assimilation,
      association, assonate, atone, attune, be harmonious, be in tune,
      bemingle, blending, cabal, cartel, centralization, chime, chord,
      coalesce, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, combo,
      come together, commingle, commingling, commix, commixture, compose,
      composite, composition, compound, comprise, concoct, concoction,
      confection, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomerate,
      conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connect, consolidate,
      consolidation, conspiracy, contamination, ecumenism, embodiment,
      embody, emulsify, encompass, encompassment, enosis, ensemble,
      federalization, federation, flux, fuse, fusion, gradate, grade,
      graduate, harmonize, hash, homogenize, hookup, hybrid, hybrid word,
      hybridism, immingle, immix, immixture, include, inclusion,
      incorporate, incorporation, integrate, integration, interblend,
      interfuse, interfusion, interlace, interlard, intermingle,
      intermingling, intermix, intermixture, intertwine, interweave,
      join, jumble, junction, junta, knead, league, lump together,
      macaronic, macaronicism, magma, make one, marriage, meld, melding,
      melodize, melt into one, merge, merger, mingle, mingle-mangle,
      mingling, mix, mix up, mixture, musicalize, orchestrate, package,
      package deal, paste, portmanteau, portmanteau word,
      portmantologism, put together, reembody, roll into one, scramble,
      shade, shade into, shuffle, solidification, solidify,
      sound in tune, sound together, stir up, symphonize, synchronize,
      syncretism, syncretize, syndicate, syndication, syneresis,
      synthesis, synthesize, telescope word, throw together, tie-up,
      toss together, tune, unification, unify, union, unite, wedding,
      work