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blending¹

  • /ˈblɛndɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛndɪŋ

Where it comes from

From Middle English blendinge, equivalent to blend + -ing.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of blend Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.

blending²

  • /ˈblɛndɪŋ/

Rhymes with -ɛndɪŋ

Where it comes from

From blend + -ing. Cognate with Faroese blending (“mixture, crossing”).

noun blendings

  1. The act or result of something being blended. blendings of old and new

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mingling, merging, shading, commingling, intermingling, intermixing, admixture, mixing, mix, mixture, mélange, amalgamation, melange, merger, combination, merge

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"blending." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blending. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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blending. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blending

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"blending." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blending.

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@misc{blending_2026,
  title = {blending},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blending},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}