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- [blend]
- /blɛnd/
- /blend/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [blend]
- /blɛnd/
Definitions of blend word
- verb blend If you blend substances together or if they blend, you mix them together so that they become one substance. 4
- verb blend If you blend ideas, policies, or styles, you use them together in order to achieve something. 4
- verb blend to mix or mingle (components) together thoroughly 4
- verb blend to mix (different grades or varieties of tea, whisky, tobacco, etc) to produce a particular flavour, consistency, etc 3
- verb blend to look good together; harmonize 3
- verb blend (esp of colours) to shade imperceptibly into each other 3
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Origin of blend
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English blenden, Old English blendan to mix, for blandan; cognate with Old Norse blanda, Old High German blantan to mix
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Parts of speech for Blend
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
blend popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
blend usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for blend
verb blend
- mingle — to become mixed, blended, or united.
- merge — to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
- synthesize — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- fuse — Electricity. a protective device, used in an electric circuit, containing a conductor that melts under heat produced by an excess current, thereby opening the circuit. Compare circuit breaker.
- combine — If you combine two or more things or if they combine, they exist together.
Antonyms for blend
verb blend
- disconnect — SCSI reconnect
- disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- separate — to keep apart or divide, as by an intervening barrier or space: to separate two fields by a fence.
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