Complete Definition of "blend"

English

Pronunciation
AHD|bl�nd, IPA|/bl�nd/, SAMPA|/blEnd/
audio|en-us-blend.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nd|-�nd

Homophones
blende

Etymology
From OE. blondan or ON. blanda.

Noun
wikipedia|blend|blend (linguistics)
en-noun

  1. A mixture of two or more things.
  2. linguistics A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

Synonyms
(mixture): combination, mix, mixture
(in linguistics): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau word

Translations
trans-top|mixture
French: mélange m
Hebrew: תער��ת (ta'arovet) f
Spanish: mezcla
trans-mid
Korean: �� (seok-da); Hanja: ���� (hon-hab-ha-da)
Telugu: �ల�ల�ప� (kalagalupu), సమ�మ�ళనమ� (sammaeLanamu)
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trans-top|in linguistics
trans-mid
Spanish: palabra compuesta
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Verb
en-verb|blends|blending|blended, or poetic, blent

  1. transitive To mix.

#: To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent - w:John Keats|Keats, 1884

Derived terms
blender
blended
blend in

Translations

Portuguese: misturar
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Telugu: �ల�ప� (kalupu), మ�ళవి��� (mELaviMchu)

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