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noun

Blending n.

The act of mingling.

(Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each other insensibly.

verb

Blend v. t. (past & past part. blended or blent; pres. part. blending)

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."

To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. (Obs.)

Synonyms: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate; harmonize.

Blend v. t. To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. (Obs.)

Blend v. i. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. "There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality."

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Etymology of 'Blending'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blending" Quotes from Famous Books

... gods, as well as Brahma, and, in the esoteric doctrine of the Cabala, even Jehovah, whose female aspect is represented by the "Shekinah." To this abnormal condition the learned have applied the adjectives epicene, androgynous, hermaphrodite, arrenothele. In art it is represented by a blending of the traits of both sexes. In the cult it was dramatically set forth by the votaries assuming the attire of the other sex, and dallying with both.[66-1] The phallic symbol superseded all others; and in Cyprus, Babylonia and Phrygia, once in her life, at least, must every woman submit ...

— The Religious Sentiment - Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and - Philosophy of Religion • Daniel G. Brinton

... grey and pink "gallah" parrots and sulphur-crested cockatoos preened feathers, or rested, sipping at the water grey and pink verging to heliotrope and snowy white, touched here and there with gold, blending, flower-like, with the ...

— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

... pace to yours, walks through meadows so tranquil, and yet abounding in the most delicate surprises. And these surprises seem so familiar, just as if they had originated with yourself. What delicious blending! What a perfect interweft of thought and diction! What a ...

— From a Cornish Window - A New Edition • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

... of this exquisite lake, when crossing it for the first time. Its islands and shores were then clad in all the young verdure of the spring; now they wore all the glory of the autumn, in hues of crimson, yellow, red, and gold—dark pines blending with and forming backgrounds to the loveliest scenes that painter ever traced or pen described. As I sat on the old saw-horse, vainly endeavouring to grasp all the beauty around, the man at the wheel told me the legends of each point and ...

— A Trip to Manitoba • Mary FitzGibbon

... against a pillar and looked into the night for his thoughts. Once more the moon was gleaming beyond St. Valentine's, throwing against the sky a jagged silhouette of frowning angles, towering gables and monstrous walls, the mountain and the monastery blending into one great misty product of the vision. Voices came up from below, as they did on that night five weeks ago, bringing the laughter and song of happy hearts. Music swelled through the park from the band gallery; from afar off came the sounds of revelry. The people of Edelweiss ...

— Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon

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