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BLEND IN
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause (something) to be mixed with (something else)
Example:
At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts
Synonyms:
blend in; mix in
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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
Sense 2
Meaning:
Blend or harmonize
Example:
This sofa won't go with the chairs
Synonyms:
blend; blend in; go
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
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
