blend

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To combine or mix so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another: "He has no difficulty blending his two writing careers: novels and films” ( Charles E. Claffey).
2. v. To combine (varieties or grades) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency: blend tobaccos.
3. v. To form a uniform mixture: "The smoke blended easily into the odor of the other fumes” ( Norman Mailer).
4. v. To become merged into one; unite.
5. v. To create a harmonious effect or result: picked a tie that blended with the jacket. See Synonyms at mix.
6. n. The act of blending.
7. n. Something, such as an effect or a product, that is created by blending: "His face shows, as he stares at the fire, a blend of fastidiousness and intransigence” ( John Fowles). See Synonyms at mixture.
8. n. Linguistics A word produced by combining parts of other words, as smog from smoke and fog.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To mix together in such a way that the things mixed become inseparable, or cannot easily be separated. In particular: To mix (different sorts or qualities of a commodity) in order to produce a particular brand, kind, or quality: as, to blend teas; to blend tobacco.
2. To cause to pass imperceptibly into one another; unite so that there shall be no perceptible line of division: as, to blend the colors of a painting.
3. To mix up in the mind; confound (one thing with another).
4. To stir up (a liquid); hence, to render turbid; figuratively, disturb.
5. To pollute by mixture; spoil or corrupt.
6. Synonyms Mix, etc. See mingle.
7. To mix or mingle; unite intimately so as to form a harmonious whole; unite so as to be indistinguishable.
8. To pass imperceptibly into each other: as, sea and sky seemed to blend.
9. n. A mixing or mixture, as of liquids, colors, etc.: as, tea of our own blend.
10. n. The brand, kind, or quality produced by mixing together different sorts or qualities of a commodity: as, a fine blend of tea; the finest blend of whisky.
11. To blind; deceive.
12. In biology, to exhibit or transmit to descendants the resultant or combination of resemblances to the two parents in inheritance.
13. In psychology, to combine in such a way that the combining qualities are thrust more or less into the background by the total impression which results from their combination; fuse.
14. n. In psychology, a fusion; a connection of mental processes in which the constituents are forced into the background by the total impression.
15. n. A simplified spelling of blende.

Wiktionary

1. n. A mixture of two or more things.
2. n. linguistics A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
3. v. transitive To mix.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound.
2. v. obsolete To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
3. v. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.
4. n. A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
5. v. obsolete To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the act of blending components together thoroughly
2. n. an occurrence of thorough mixing
3. v. mix together different elements
4. v. blend or harmonize
5. v. combine into one
6. n. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings