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blending

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Blending \Blend"ing\, n.
1. The act of mingling.
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2. (Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that
they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each
other insensibly. --Weale.
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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 blending
adj : combining or mixing [syn: merging, mingling]
n 1: the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn: blend]
2: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences
between grades [syn: shading]