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blending

/ˈblɛndɪŋ/

blending is the present participle and gerund of blend.

Meaning of blend

Verb

blend (third-person singular simple present blends, present participle blending, simple past and past participle blended or (poetic) blent)

  1. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
    • There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.1819 June 23 – 1820 September 13, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “(please specify the title)”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van...
  3. (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
    • These stormes, which now his beauty blend,
      Shall turn to calmes.1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet LXII”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC

See all 5 meanings of blend

Noun

blending (plural blendings)

  1. The act or result of something being blended.
    • blendings of old and new
    • Light and dark grounds are used indiscriminately, and indeed there is such a blending of the two styles that on some of the vases it would be difficult to say whether the design was light on dark, or dark on light.1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60

Forms of blending

pluralblendings

Origin of blending

From Middle English blendinge, equivalent to blend + -ing.

From blend + -ing. Cognate with Faroese blending (“mixture, crossing”).

Words formed from blending

Phrases with blending

Words that rhyme with blending

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Questions about blending

What does blending mean?
Blending means the act or result of something being blended.
What is blending the present participle and gerund of?
Blending is the present participle and gerund of blend.
What part of speech is blending?
Blending is a noun.
How do you pronounce blending?
Blending is pronounced /ˈblɛndɪŋ/.
What is the plural of blending?
The plural of blending is blendings.

Words near blending in the dictionary

  1. blenders
  2. blendery
  3. blendes
  4. blendest
  5. blendeth
  6. blending
  7. blending in
  8. blending inheritance
  9. blending up
  10. blendingly
  11. blendings

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