how to pronounce blend

verb:

1. To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
2. To be mingled or mixed.
3. To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.

noun:

1. A mixture of two or more things.
2. A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.