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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blend \Blend\ (bl[e^]nd), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or {Blent} (bl[e^]nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blending}.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw. blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. 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.
Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay. --Percival.
2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
blended \blended\ adjective
1. combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable. Antonym of {unblended}. [Narrower terms: {alloyed}; {emulsified}; {homogenized}]
Syn: mingled, commingled. [WordNet 1.5]
2. homogeneous {heterogeneous} [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blended
adjective: combined or mixed together so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable [ant: {unblended}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "blended": accordant, according, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, assimilated, assonant, assonantal, attuned, blending, chiming, combinative, combinatory, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, concordant, conglomerate, conjoint, conjugate, conjunctive, connective, consolidated, consonant, dappled, eclectic, equivocal, fifty-fifty, fused, half-and-half, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing, heterogeneous, homophonic, in accord, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in sync, in tune, in unison, incorporated, indiscriminate, integrated, intricate, ironic, joined, joint, jumbled, many-sided, medley, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, monodic, monophonic, motley, multifaceted, multinational, multiracial, one, patchy, pluralistic, promiscuous, scrambled, symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, syncretic, syncretistic, syncretized, synthesized, thrown together, tuned, unisonant, unisonous, united, varied
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