A Topical Dictionary: Search for blend

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet 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:
portmanteau word, portmanteau]
3: the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn: blending]
v 1: combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he
blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"
[syn: 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: go,
blend in]
3: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse,
coalesce, meld, combine, merge]

Moby Dictionary
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