blend

1. 1.

   combine into one

   “blend the nuts and raisins together”

   “he blends in with the crowd”

   “We don't intermingle much”

   Synonymsintermiximmingleintermingle

   Broadermix

   Narrowercommingle
2. 2.

   blend or harmonize

   “This flavor will blend with those in your dish”

   “This sofa won't go with the chairs”

   Synonymsgoblend in

   Broaderharmonize
3. 3.

   mix together different elements

   “The colors blend well”

   Synonymsfluxmixconflatecommingleimmixfusecoalescemeldcombinemerge

   Broaderchange integrity

Other forms of blend

plural

blends·

past tense

blended·

present participle

blending·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blend

What does blend mean?

blend means "an occurrence of thorough mixing". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blend?

blend has 1 syllable: blend. In IPA it is /ˈblɛnd/.

What is another word for blend?

Close synonyms include portmanteau word, portmanteau, blending, intermix, immingle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blend a common word?

blend is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with blend?

2 words rhyme with blend. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.