blend
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[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (Ablaut: ek blend)[1], whence also Danish blande, or Old English blondan. Compare Gothic 𐌱𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (blandan), Old Church Slavonic блєсти (blesti, “to go astray”).
[edit] Noun
Wikipedia blend (plural blends)
- A mixture of two or more things.
- Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
- Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
- (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
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- (mixture): combination, mix, mixture
- (in linguistics): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau word
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mixture
in linguistics
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[edit] Verb
blend (third-person singular simple present blends, present participle blending, simple past and past participle blended, or (poetic) blent)
- (transitive) To mix.
- To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
- To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent - Keats, 1884
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- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
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to mix
