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{
"term": "blend",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "blend",
"heSheIt": "blends"
},
"pastSimple": "blended",
"pastParticiple": "blended",
"ingForm": "blending"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to mix two or more substances together",
"sensetop": "blend A with Bblend A and B (together)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Blend the flour with the milk to make a smooth paste.",
"contextForm": "blend A with B"
},
{
"text": "**Blend together** the eggs, sugar and flour.",
"contextForm": "blend A and B (together)"
},
{
"text": "Add the fruit and cream and blend well."
},
{
"text": "I have very little idea of how to blend colours."
},
{
"text": "Blend all the ingredients together."
}
],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["together", "well"],
"preposition": ["into", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to form a mixture with something",
"sensetop": "blend with somethingblend (together)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Oil does not blend with water.",
"contextForm": "blend with something"
},
{
"text": "Oil and water do not blend.",
"contextForm": "blend (together)"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to combine with something in an attractive or effective way; to combine something in this way",
"sensetop": "blend (something) (together)blend something (and/with something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The old and new buildings blend together perfectly.",
"contextForm": "blend (something) (together)"
},
{
"text": "Their music blends traditional and modern styles.",
"contextForm": "blend something (and/with something)"
},
{
"text": "This process allows the flavours to blend together."
},
{
"text": "The ornamental pool blends perfectly with its surroundings."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["happily", "harmoniously", "perfectly"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to produce something by mixing different types together",
"sensetop": "blend something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**blended whisky/tea**"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["together", "well"],
"preposition": ["into", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to behave in a way that does not attract any attention; to disappear or hide",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/blend/",
"audio": "bl/blend/blend__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/blendz/",
"audio": "bl/blend/blends__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈblendɪd/",
"audio": "bl/blend/blended__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈblendɪŋ/",
"audio": "bl/blend/blending__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/blend/",
"audio": "bl/blend/blend__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/blendz/",
"audio": "bl/blend/blends__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈblendɪd/",
"audio": "bl/blend/blended__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈblendɪŋ/",
"audio": "bl/blend/blending__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Old Norse blanda ‘to mix’."
}