blend

blend is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. transitive verb. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
3. intransitive verb. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors.
4. noun. A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins.
5. adjective. To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive.
6. noun. the act of blending components together thoroughly

   Synonyms: blending

7. noun. a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings

   "`smog' is a blend of `smoke' and `fog'"

   "`motel' is a portmanteau word made by combining `motor' and `hotel'"

   Synonyms: portmanteau

8. noun. an occurrence of thorough mixing
9. verb. mix together different elements

   "The colors blend well"

   Synonyms: coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix

10. verb. combine into one

    "blend the nuts and raisins together"

    "he blends in with the crowd"

    Synonyms: immingle, intermingle, intermix

11. verb. blend or harmonize

    "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"

    "This sofa won't go with the chairs"

    Synonyms: go

Synonyms

blending, portmanteau, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix, immingle, intermingle, intermix, go

Common word forms

blends, blended, blender, blendes, blending, blendable

Words from these letters

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