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English

Etymology

From blend +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?bl?nd?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bl?nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(r)

Noun

blender (plural blenders)

1. A machine outfitted with sharp blades, for mashing, crushing, or liquefying food ingredients.

   Synonyms: liquidiser, liquidizer, (Australia) vitamiser, (Australia) vitamizer

   Hyponym: immersion blender

   Coordinate terms: food processor, mixer

2. (theater) A piece of fabric sewn into the front of a theatrical wig to make it blend in with the performer's natural hair.
   • 2013, Martha Ruskai, Allison Lowery, Wig Making and Styling: A Complete Guide for Theatre & Film (page 80)

     A blender is added to a wig in the same way that a quick front is added. It can be added at the same time as the fronting lace is added or after the wig is completed.

3. (quilting) A subtly patterned fabric printed in different shades of a single color, often used in place of a solid to create visual texture.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brendel, Brendle, reblend

Cebuano

Etymology

From English blender.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: blen?der

Noun

blender

1. a blender

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:blender.

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English blender (1958).

Noun

blender c (singular definite blenderen, plural indefinite blendere)

1. blender, machine for mashing

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb blende; compare with German Blende. In sense 3 possibly from English blender, as in Danish.

Noun

blender m (definite singular blenderen, indefinite plural blendere, definite plural blenderne)

1. a diaphragm (in a camera lens)
2. aperture (the variable opening of the diaphragm)
3. a blender (kitchen appliance)

Synonyms

• blenderåpning (aperture)

See also

• blendar (Nynorsk)

References

• “blender” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From English blender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bl?n.d?r/

Noun

blender m inan

1. blender (machine outfitted with sharp blades, for mashing, crushing or liquefying food ingredients)

Declension

Further reading

• blender in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• blender in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Noun

blender m (plural blenderes)

1. blender

English

Etymology

From Middle English blenden, either from Old English blandan, blondan, ?eblandan, ?eblendan or from Old Norse blanda (“to blend, mix”) (which was originally a strong verb with the present-tense stem blend; compare blendingr (“a blending, a mixture; a half-breed”)), whence also Danish blande, or from a blend of the Old English and Old Norse terms; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *blandan? (“to blend; mix; combine”). Compare Middle Dutch blanden (“to mix”), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (blandan), Old Church Slavonic ?????? (blesti, “to go astray”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: bl?nd, IPA^(key): /bl?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd
• Homophone: blende

Noun

blend (plural blends)

1. A mixture of two or more things.

   Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.

   Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.

2. (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.

   The word brunch is a blend of the words breakfast and lunch.

Synonyms

• (mixture): combination, mix, mixture
• (in linguistics): frankenword, portmanteau, portmanteau word

Translations

Verb

blend (third-person singular simple present blends, present participle blending, simple past and past participle blended or (poetic) blent)

1. (transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.

2. (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.

   • There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.

   • 1817, John Keats, Happy is England!

     To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent
3. (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:blend.

Synonyms

• (to mix; to unite intimately): See also Thesaurus:homogenize, Thesaurus:mix, and Thesaurus:coalesce

Derived terms

• blender
• blended
• blend in
• blendingly

Translations

References

Anagrams

• L-bend

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• blenk (Ripuarian; now chiefly western dialects)
• blond, blönd (Eifel)

Etymology

From Old High German blind, northern variant of blint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blent/

Adjective

blend (masculine blenne or blende, feminine blenn or blend, comparative blenner or blender, superlative et blendste)

1. (Moselle Franconian, some dialects of Ripuarian) blind; unable to see

Usage notes

• The inflected forms with -nn- are used in those dialects in which blend is the inherited form (Moselle Franconian, southern Ripuarian). The forms with -nd- are used in Ripuarian to the extent to which inherited blenk has been replaced with blend.

Dutch

Verb

blend

1. first-person singular present indicative of blenden
2. imperative of blenden