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blanding

blanding is the present participle and gerund of bland.

Meaning of bland

Verb

bland (third-person singular simple present blands, present participle blanding, simple past and past participle blanded)

  1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To mix; blend; mingle.
  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To connect; associate.

See all 14 meanings of bland

Noun

blanding (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The development of a brand that is characterless and unappealing.
    • There would have been revisions, more testing, and more revisions until the joy and spontaneity would have been squeezed from the design: blanding as opposed to branding.2002, Paula Scher, Make It Bigger, page 94
    • The Blanding of Branding
      Cause marketing isn't the only thing we see too much of today; we see too much of everything. A typical grocery store carries 61 varieties of sunscreen, […]2010, Jason Saul, Social Innovation, Inc., page 99

Proper noun capitalized: Blanding

Blanding (countable and uncountable, plural Blandings)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, United States.
  3. A city in San Juan County, Utah, United States, former name Grayson.

Forms of blanding

pluralBlandings

Origin of blanding

Blend of bland + branding.

Questions about blanding

What does blanding mean?
Blanding means the development of a brand that is characterless and unappealing.
What is blanding the present participle and gerund of?
Blanding is the present participle and gerund of bland.
What part of speech is blanding?
Blanding can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near blanding in the dictionary

  1. blandiloquently
  2. blandiloquous
  3. blandiment
  4. Blandin
  5. Blandinavian
  6. blanding
  7. Blanding's turtle
  8. Blanding's turtles
  9. Blandings
  10. Blandino
  11. Blandinos

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