■ verb
1》 mix and combine (something) with something else.
↘form a harmonious combination.
2》 be an unobtrusive part of a whole: a bodyguard has to ~ in.
■ noun
1》 a mixture of different things or people.
2》 a word made up of the parts and combining the meanings of two others, for example motel from motor and hotel .
Origin
ME: prob. of Scand. origin and related to ON blanda 'to mix'.