BLEND IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blend in mean? 

• BLEND IN (verb)
  The verb BLEND IN has 2 senses:

1. blend or harmonize

2. cause (something) to be mixed with (something else)

  Familiarity information: BLEND IN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLEND IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blend or harmonize

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

blend; blend in; go

Context example:

This sofa won't go with the chairs

Hypernyms (to "blend in" is one way to...):

accord; agree; concord; consort; fit in; harmonise; harmonize (go together)

Verb group:

fit; go (be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause (something) to be mixed with (something else)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

blend in; mix in

Context example:

At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts

Hypernyms (to "blend in" is one way to...):

blend; coalesce; combine; commingle; conflate; flux; fuse; immix; meld; merge; mix (mix together different elements)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blend in"):

cut in (mix in with cutting motions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something