blend

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

blend, v. t. [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.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay."  [1913 Webster]
•  To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.

blend, v. i. 

 To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.  [1913 Webster]
"There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality."  [1913 Webster]

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.  [1913 Webster]

blend, v. t. [AS. blendan, from blind blind. See Blind, a.].

 To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

blend, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. a mix (esp. sorts of tea, spirits, tobacco, etc.) together to produce a desired flavour etc. b produce by this method (blended whisky).
2 intr. form a harmonious compound; become one.
3 a tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) mingle or be mingled (truth blended with lies; blends well with the locals). b tr. (often foll. by in, with) mix thoroughly.
4 intr. (esp. of colours): a pass imperceptibly into each other. b go well together; harmonize.
--n.
1 a a mixture, esp. of various sorts of tea, spirits, tobacco, fibre, etc. b a combination (of different abstract or personal qualities).
2 a portmanteau word.

Etymology

ME prob. f. ON blanda mix

THESAURUS

blend

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

ROGET THESAURUS

blend

Mixture

VB mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

Combination

VB combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate, put together, lump together, cement a union, marry.