| blend | | |
| n. (event) | 1. blend | an occurrence of thorough mixing. |
| ~ mix, mixture | an event that combines things in a mixture.; "a gradual mixture of cultures" |
| n. (communication) | 2. blend, portmanteau, portmanteau word | 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'"; "`brunch' is a well-known portmanteau" |
| ~ motel | a motor hotel. |
| ~ neologism, neology, coinage | a newly invented word or phrase. |
| ~ brunch | combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning. |
| ~ shopaholic | a compulsive shopper.; "shopaholics can never resist a bargain" |
| ~ workaholic | person with a compulsive need to work. |
| ~ smog, smogginess | air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog. |
| ~ dandle | move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees. |
| n. (act) | 3. blend, blending | the act of blending components together thoroughly. |
| ~ compounding, combining, combination | the act of combining things to form a new whole. |
| ~ conflux, confluence, merging | a flowing together. |
| ~ homogenisation, homogenization | the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition.; "the homogenization of cream"; "the network's homogenization of political news" |
| v. (contact) | 4. blend, immingle, intermingle, intermix | combine into one.; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" |
| ~ amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify, mix | to bring or combine together or with something else.; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" |
| ~ commingle | mix or blend.; "His book commingles sarcasm and sadness" |
| v. (stative) | 5. blend, blend in, go | blend or harmonize.; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs" |
| ~ fit, go | be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired.; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle" |
| ~ accord, concord, fit in, harmonise, harmonize, consort, agree | go together.; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
| v. (change) | 6. blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix | mix together different elements.; "The colors blend well" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ gauge | mix in specific proportions.; "gauge plaster" |
| ~ absorb | cause to become one with.; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| ~ meld, melt | lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually.; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene" |
| ~ mix in, blend in | cause (something) to be mixed with (something else).; "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts" |
| ~ accrete | grow together (of plants and organs).; "After many years the rose bushes grew together" |
| ~ conjugate | unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds. |
| ~ admix | mix or blend.; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils" |
| ~ alloy | make an alloy of. |
| ~ syncretise, syncretize | become fused. |
| mix | | |
| n. (food) | 1. mix, premix | a commercially prepared mixture of dry ingredients. |
| ~ ready-mix | a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish. |
| ~ self-raising flour, self-rising flour | a commercially prepared mixture of flour and salt and a leavening agent. |
| ~ concoction, intermixture, mixture | any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients.; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" |
| n. (event) | 2. mix, mixture | an event that combines things in a mixture.; "a gradual mixture of cultures" |
| ~ combining, combine | an occurrence that results in things being united. |
| ~ concoction | an occurrence of an unusual mixture.; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction" |
| ~ blend | an occurrence of thorough mixing. |
| n. (act) | 3. admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing, mixture | the act of mixing together.; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio" |
| ~ compounding, combining, combination | the act of combining things to form a new whole. |
| v. (social) | 4. desegregate, integrate, mix | open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups.; "This school is completely desegregated" |
| v. (change) | 5. mix | combine (electronic signals).; "mixing sounds" |
| ~ combine, compound | put or add together.; "combine resources" |
| v. (change) | 6. mix, mix in | add as an additional element or part.; "mix water into the drink" |
| ~ add | make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of.; "We added two students to that dorm room"; "She added a personal note to her letter"; "Add insult to injury"; "Add some extra plates to the dinner table" |
| ~ dash | add an enlivening or altering element to.; "blue paint dashed with white" |
| v. (contact) | 7. amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify | to bring or combine together or with something else.; "resourcefully he mingled music and dance" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ aggregate, combine | gather in a mass, sum, or whole. |
| ~ concoct | make a concoction (of) by mixing. |
| ~ combine, compound | combine so as to form a whole; mix.; "compound the ingredients" |
| ~ blend, immingle, intermingle, intermix | combine into one.; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much" |
| v. (contact) | 8. mix, ruffle, shuffle | mix so as to make a random order or arrangement.; "shuffle the cards" |
| ~ manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it. |
| ~ reshuffle | shuffle again.; "So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to reshuffle the cards" |
| ~ riffle | shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix. |
| ~ cut | divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult.; "Wayne cut"; "She cut the deck for a long time" |
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