Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blending"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blend \Blend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blended} or {Blent}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Blending}.] [OE. blenden, blanden, AS. blandan to
blend, mix; akin to Goth. blandan to mix, Icel. blanda, Sw.
blanda, Dan. blande, OHG. blantan to mis; to unknown origin.]
1. To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or
associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line
of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To
confuse; to confound.
Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay.
--Percival.
2. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt;
to blot; to stain. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: To commingle; combine; fuse; merge; amalgamate;
harmonize.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blending \Blend"ing\, n.
1. The act of mingling.
2. (Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that
they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each
other insensibly. --Weale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blending
adj : combining or mixing [syn: {merging}, {mingling}]
n 1: the act of blending components together thoroughly [syn: {blend}]
2: a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences
between grades [syn: {shading}]
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