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blent

blent is the simple past and past participle 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

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Words formed from blent

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Questions about blent

What is blent the simple past and past participle of?
Blent is the simple past and past participle of blend.

Words near blent in the dictionary

  1. blennorrhœal
  2. blennorrhœic
  3. blennorrhϾ
  4. blenny
  5. blens
  6. blent
  7. bleocin
  8. bleomycin
  9. bleomycine
  10. bleomycines
  11. bleomycins

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