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Blends

/blɛndz/

A mixture of two or more things.

📖 Definitions of "Blends"

noun
  1. 1

    A mixture of two or more things.

    "Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise."

  2. 2

    A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

verb
  1. 1

    To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

    "To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic."

  2. 2

    To be mingled or mixed.

  3. 3

    To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Blends"

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WordDefinition
intermingleverb(intransitive) To become mixed together.
immixverbTo mix or blend
intermixverb(transitive) To mix together; to intermingle or blend.
mixnoun(ambitransitive) To form by mingling; to produce by the stirring together of ingredients; to concoct from different parts.
commingleverb(transitive) To mix, to blend.
immingleverb(archaic, poetic) To mingle; to mix; to unite; to blend.
blend inverb(intransitive, often followed by "with") To fit unnoticed into the surroundings.
conflateverbTo combine or mix together.
meldverb(transitive) To combine (multiple things) together; to blend, to fuse.
mergeverb(transitive, intransitive) To combine into a whole.
coalesceverb(of separate elements) To join into a single mass or whole.
combineverb(transitive) To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
portmanteau wordnoun(linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.
portmanteaunoun(linguistics) A word formed by putting two words together and thereby their meaning e.g. shrinkflation.
fusenoun(electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
goverbTo move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
admixturesnounAn instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
alignsverb(transitive) To adjust to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line.
amalgamatesverb(transitive or intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
combinationsnounA one-piece form of underwear, being a combination of a vest or chemise and underpants.

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