blend

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Quotations 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: blĕnd, IPA: /blɛnd/, SAMPA: /blEnd/
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• Rhymes: -ɛnd

[edit] Homophones

• blende

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse blanda (“‘to blend, mix’”) (Ablaut: ek blend)^[1], whence also Danish blande, or Old English blondan. Cf. Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti), “‘to go astray’”).

[edit] Noun

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blend (plural blends)

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

[edit] Synonyms

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

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[edit] Verb

to blend (third-person singular simple present blends, present participle blending, simple past and past participle blended, or (poetic) blent)

1. (transitive) To mix.

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

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Derived terms

• blender
• blended
• blend in

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[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ Etymology in Merriam-Webster's Dictionary