1.  blend(n = noun.event) Array - an occurrence of thorough mixing; Array
is a kind of mix, mixture
Derived forms verb blend₃, verb blend₁

2.  blend(n = noun.communication) 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"
is a kind of coinage, neologism, neology

3.  blend(n = noun.act) blending - the act of blending components together thoroughly; Array
is a kind of combination, combining, compounding
has particulars: confluence, conflux, merging, homogenisation, homogenization
Derived forms verb blend₃, verb blend₁

1.  blend(v = verb.contact) immingle, intermingle, intermix - combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together"; "he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"
is one way to amalgamate, commix, mingle, mix, unify
Derived forms noun blend₃, noun blend₁, noun blender₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

2.  blend(v = verb.stative) blend in, go - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs"
is one way to accord, agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP

3.  blend(v = verb.change) coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
is one way to change integrity
Derived forms noun blend₃, noun blend₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

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. [1913 Webster]
"Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay." [1913 Webster]

2.  To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. Spenser. [1913 Webster]

   To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. [1913 Webster]
"There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality." [1913 Webster]

   A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins. [1913 Webster]

   To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

blend, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. a mix (esp. sorts of tea, spirits, tobacco, etc.) together to produce a desired flavour etc. b produce by this method (blended whisky).
2 intr. form a harmonious compound; become one.
3 a tr. & intr. (often foll. by with) mingle or be mingled (truth blended with lies; blends well with the locals). b tr. (often foll. by in, with) mix thoroughly.
4 intr. (esp. of colours): a pass imperceptibly into each other. b go well together; harmonize.
--n.
1 a a mixture, esp. of various sorts of tea, spirits, tobacco, fibre, etc. b a combination (of different abstract or personal qualities).
2 a portmanteau word.

Etymology:
ME prob. f. ON blanda mix

VB  mix, join, combine, commix, immix, intermix, mix up with, mingle, commingle, intermingle, bemingle, shuffle, pound together, hash up, stir up, knead, brew, impregnate with, interlard, intertwine, interweave, associate with, miscegenate, be mixed, get among, be entangled with, instill, imbue, infuse, suffuse, transfuse, infiltrate, dash, tinge, tincture, season, sprinkle, besprinkle, attemper, medicate, blend, cross, alloy, amalgamate, compound, adulterate, sophisticate, infect.

VB  combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate, put together, lump together, cement a union, marry.

blend in