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| blending | |
| 1. n. The act or result of something being blended. |  |
| blendings of old and new | |
| blend | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| 2. n. (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word. | |
| The word brunch is a blend of the words breakfast and lunch. | |
| 3. v. 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. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed. | |
| 5. v. (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. | |
