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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Blend \Blend\ (bl[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or
     Blent (bl[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. Blending.] [OE.
     blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth.
     blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG.
     blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
                                                    --Percival.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt;
        to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate;
          harmonize.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Blending \Blend"ing\, n.
     1. The act of mingling.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that
        they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each
        other insensibly. --Weale.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Blend \Blend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blended or Blent; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Blending.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to
     blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw.
     blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
     1. 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.
  
              Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
                                                    --Percival.
  
     2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt;
        to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
     Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate;
          harmonize.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Blending \Blend"ing\, n.
     1. The act of mingling.
  
     2. (Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that
        they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each
        other insensibly. --Weale.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  blending
       adj : combining or mixing [syn: merging, mingling]
       n 1: the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn: blend]
       2: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences
          between grades [syn: shading]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blending
     Αγγλικά n.
     σύμμειξη

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blending
     n.
     The act or result of something being blended.
     vb.
     (present participle of en blend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  blending
     n.
     The act or result of something being blended.
     vb.
     (present participle of en blend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  blending
     n.
     The act or result of something being blended.
     vb.
     (present participle of en blend nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  blending
     n.
     The act or result of something being blended.
     vb.
     (present participle of en blend nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blending
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b lend ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  blending
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en blend ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Blending /blˈɛndɪŋ/
  الانسجام

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  blending /blˈɛndɪŋ/
   [eko] promíchávání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  blending /blˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  směšování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  blending /blˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  mísení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  blending /blˈɛndɪŋ/ 
  míchání