<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li><p>(Used with object) To mix smoothly and inseparably together: to blend the ingredients in a recipe.</p></li><li><p>Synonyms: commingle, mingle, compound, unite, amalgamate, combine.</p></li><li><p>Antonyms: separate.</p></li><li><p>To mix (various sorts or grades) in order to obtain a particular kind or quality: Blend a little red paint with the blue paint.</p></li><li><p>To prepare by such mixture: This tea is blended by mixing chamomile with pekoe.</p></li><li><p>Phonetics: To pronounce (an utterance) as a combined sequence of sounds.</p></li><li><p>(Used without object) To mix or intermingle smoothly and inseparably: I can't get the eggs and cream to blend.</p></li><li><p>Synonyms: coalesce, unite, amalgamate, combine, commingle, mingle.</p></li><li><p>Antonyms: separate.</p></li><li><p>To fit or relate harmoniously; accord; go: The brown sofa did not blend with the purple wall.</p></li><li><p>To have no perceptible separation: Sea and sky seemed to blend.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act or manner of blending: tea of our own blend.</li><li>Synonyms: amalgamation, combination.</li><li>A mixture or kind produced by blending: a special blend of rye and wheat flours.</li><li>Synonyms: amalgamation, combination.</li><li>Linguistics: A word made by putting together parts of other words, as motel, made from motor and hotel, brunch, from breakfast and lunch, or guesstimate, from guess and estimate.</li><li>Phonetics: A sequence of two or more consonant sounds within a syllable, as the bl in blend; consonant cluster.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb Phrase</strong></p><ul><li>To escape attention by looking or acting like other members of a group or like the surrounding environment: salamanders that blend in with mossy surfaces; tourists who try to blend in with the locals.</li></ul>