noun

• (linguistics) A word formed by combining two other words; a grammatical contamination, portmanteau word.
  "Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English. That is, none occur in Old or Middle English, nor even in Elizabethan English, with the earliest known example being the rare and now obsolete term tomaxe, a blend of tomahawk and axe."

verb

• (transitive) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
  "To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic."
• (intransitive) To be mingled or mixed.
  "There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality."
• (obsolete) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
  "These stormes, which now his beauty blend, Shall turn to calmes."