an occurrence of thorough mixing
"The gentle stirring created a perfect blend of warm honey and cool milk."
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"
A mixture of two or more things.
"The new smoothie was a delicious blend of strawberries, bananas, and honey."
In plain English: A blend is when two different things are mixed together to make something new.
"The smoothie had a perfect blend of strawberries and bananas."
Usage: Use the noun blend when referring specifically to a uniform mixture where individual components are no longer distinct, such as in coffee or hair dye. Avoid using it for simple combinations that retain their separate identities; instead, use "mix" if you mean items placed together without fully integrating.
combine into one
"blend the nuts and raisins together"
"he blends in with the crowd"
"We don't intermingle much"
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
"As evening approached, the golden light blended seamlessly with the deep blue of twilight."
In plain English: To blend means to mix two things together until they become hard to tell apart.
"She likes to blend fresh fruit and yogurt into a smoothie for breakfast."
The word "blend" comes from Middle English words meaning to mix or confuse. It traveled into modern usage as a verb for combining things, likely influenced by the related Old Norse term blanda which originally referred specifically to mixing.