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"text": "Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.",
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},
{
"text": "Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.",
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"roman": "smes",
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"sense": "mixture",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ブレンド"
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"word": "섞다"
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"roman": "honhaphada",
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"feminine"
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"lang": "Swedish",
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"word": "కలగలుపు"
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"roman": "sammēḷanamu",
"sense": "mixture",
"word": "సమ్మేళనము"
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"word": "ปั่น"
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"sense": "mixture",
"word": "karışım"
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"text": "Meronym: splinter"
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{
"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 10",
"text": "Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English. That is, none occur in Old or Middle English, nor even in Elizabethan English, with the earliest known example being the rare and now obsolete term tomaxe, a blend of tomahawk and axe.",
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"text": "To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.",
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"To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other."
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"(transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other."
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{
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{
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"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "bth",
"lang": "Biatah Bidayuh",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "nubar"
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{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smesvam",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "смесвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎčetavam",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "съчетавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "sekoittaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mélanger"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mêler"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mixer"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mischen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mixen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "vermischen"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "keránnumi",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "κεράννυμι"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mencampur"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mescolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "amalgamare"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "rimestare"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "miscelare"
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mazeru",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "混ぜる"
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{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "whakahanumi"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "konatu"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "kōmitimiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "konanu"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "kōnanunanu"
},
{
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"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xolildox",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "холилдох"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "ammiscà"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "misturar"
},
{
"_dis1": "78 14 8",
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"ref": "2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7",
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"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1817, John Keats, Happy is England!",
"text": "To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7",
"text": "Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be mingled or mixed."
],
"links": [
[
"mingled",
"mingled"
],
[
"mixed",
"mixed"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be mingled or mixed."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain."
],
"links": [
[
"pollute",
"pollute"
],
[
"spoil",
"spoil"
],
[
"corrupt",
"corrupt"
],
[
"blot",
"blot"
],
[
"stain",
"stain"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/blɛnd/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛnd"
},
{
"homophone": "blende"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-blend.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-blend.ogg/En-us-blend.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-blend.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "blĕnd"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bth",
"lang": "Biatah Bidayuh",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "nubar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smesvam",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "смесвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎčetavam",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "съчетавам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "sekoittaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mélanger"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mêler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mixer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mischen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mixen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "vermischen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "keránnumi",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "κεράννυμι"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mencampur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mescolare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "amalgamare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "rimestare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "miscelare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mazeru",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "混ぜる"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "whakahanumi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "konatu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "kōmitimiti"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "konanu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "kōnanunanu"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xolildox",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "холилдох"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "ammiscà"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "misturar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "amesteca"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "zmešati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "mezclar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "combinar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "blanda"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kalupu",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "కలుపు"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "mēḷaviñcu",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "మేళవించు"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"english": "causative voice",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to mix",
"word": "triw-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be mixed",
"word": "sekoittua"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mazaru",
"sense": "to be mixed",
"word": "混ざる"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xolildox",
"sense": "to be mixed",
"word": "холилдох"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be mixed",
"word": "misturar-se"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to be mixed",
"word": "triw-"
}
],
"word": "blend"
}
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