blend

B1 Topic:Cooking & Baking

US /blɛnd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like bland /ɛ/ vs /æ/

Freq #7944

Meanings

1

verb
To mix two or more things together so they combine well.

Blend the eggs and sugar until smooth.
2

verb
To go well together or fit in without standing out.

The new building blends in nicely with the old houses.
3

noun
A mixture of two or more different things.

Their music is a blend of jazz and rock.

Verb forms

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Multiword verbs with blend

blend in Phrasal verb B1

to mix an ingredient thoroughly into another substance

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to mix two or more things... combine mix intermix

2 verb · to go well together or fit... blend in go

3 noun · a mixture of two or more... combination mix mixture

Word family

Forms blendedblendingblendsblent

Derived forms blendabilityblendableblendedblenderblenderyblendinglyblendshapeblendstockblendyblorphblunderdeblend

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Phrases (1)

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blend in
to mix an ingredient thoroughly into another substance

Verb + adverb

Etymology

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”).

*bʰlendʰ- Proto-Indo-European blenden Middle English blandan Old English blanda Old Norse *blandaną Proto-Germanic

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Cooking & Baking Actions & Processes

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# blend

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /blɛnd/
**Frequency rank:** 7944

## Meanings
1. To mix two or more things together so they combine well.
2. To go well together or fit in without standing out.
3. A mixture of two or more different things.

## Examples
- Blend the eggs and sugar until smooth.
- The new building blends in nicely with the old houses.
- Their music is a blend of jazz and rock.

## Derived Forms
- blendability
- blendable
- blended
- blender
- blendery
- blendingly
- blendshape
- blendstock
- blendy
- blorph
- blunder
- deblend

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *bʰlendʰ-
- Root: blenden
- Root: blandan
- Root: blanda
- Root: *blandaną

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Blend comes 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”).

## Topics
- Cooking & Baking
- Actions & Processes

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