"blending" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblɛndɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blending.wav Forms: blendings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Etymology: From blend + -ing. Cognate with Faroese blending (“mixture, crossing”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|blend|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} blend + -ing, {{cog|fo|blending|t=mixture, crossing}} Faroese blending (“mixture, crossing”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} blending (plural blendings)
  1. The act or result of something being blended. Derived forms: alpha blending, blending inheritance, deblending Translations (Translations): licuación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-blending-en-noun-QdBqL~oc Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 84 16
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈblɛndɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blending.wav
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English blendinge, equivalent to blend + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blendinge}} Middle English blendinge, {{suf|en|blend|-ing|id2=participial}} blend + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} blending
  1. present participle and gerund of blend Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: blend Derived forms: blendingly
    Sense id: en-blending-en-verb-bBuMTi~L Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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