Blending

blend  (blnd)

v. blend·ed or blent (blnt), blend·ing, blends

v.tr.

1. To combine or mix so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another: "He has no difficulty blending his two writing careers: novels and films" (Charles E. Claffey).

2. To combine (varieties or grades) to obtain a mixture of a particular character, quality, or consistency: blend tobaccos.

v.intr.

1. To form a uniform mixture: "The smoke blended easily into the odor of the other fumes" (Norman Mailer).

2. To become merged into one; unite.

3. To create a harmonious effect or result: picked a tie that blended with the jacket. See Synonyms at mix.

n.

1.

a. The act of blending.

b. Something, such as an effect or a product, that is created by blending: "His face shows, as he stares at the fire, a blend of fastidiousness and intransigence" (John Fowles). See Synonyms at mixture.

2. Linguistics A word produced by combining parts of other words, as smog from smoke and fog.

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[Middle English blenden, probably from Old Norse blanda, blend-; see bhel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blending - the act of blending components together thoroughly blend compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole conflux, merging, confluence - a flowing together homogenisation, homogenization - the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition; "the homogenization of cream"; "the network's homogenization of political news"
	2.	blending - a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades shading gradation, graduation - the act of arranging in grades