blend

CEFRB2

/blɛnd/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    mix together different elements.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.

Examples

  • Blend the flour with the milk to make a smooth paste.

  • The sky seemed to blend with the sea.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

  2. To be mingled or mixed.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A mixture of two or more things.

More examples

In context

  • Blend milk and eggs together.

  • Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.

  • Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ġeblandan, ġeblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandaną (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti, “to go astray”).